Americans are willing to go to enormous trouble and expense defending their principles with arms, very little trouble and expense advocating them with words. (E. B. White)

Americans are willing to go to enormous trouble and expense defending their principles with arms, very little trouble and expense advocating them with words.

E. B. White

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