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United States
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America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can't be duplicated anytime soon, because it is the product of a multitude of factors: extreme freedom of thought, an emphasis on independent thinking, a steady immigration of new minds, a risk-taking culture with no stigma attached to trying and failing, a noncorrupt bureaucracy, and financial markets and a venture capital system that are unrivaled at taking new ideas and turning them into global products.
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And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of a virgin will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter. But we may hope that the dawn of reason and freedom of thought in these United States will do away all this artificial scaffolding...
{Letter to John Adams, April 11, 1823}
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― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
Can you read a book set in each of the fifty states? This is a self paced challenge for readers …more
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This group is for anyone who loves to read about American history, whether fiction or nonfiction…more
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This is a club for group reads, buddy reads, and friendly discussion about books. If you want yo…more
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