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“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
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“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”
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“Free societies...are societies in motion, and with motion comes tension, dissent, friction. Free people strike sparks, and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom's existence.”
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“Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be”
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“Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.”
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Rickv’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rickv’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,230 books
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89 friends
186 books
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36 friends
1 book
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42 friends
1 book
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17 friends
44 books
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3 friends
102 books
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12 friends
17 books
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2 friends
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Book Club, Business, Classics, Contemporary, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Science, Self help, Sports, War, and economics
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