Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our ci…

Thomas Paine
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Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS. ✨ Thomas Paine (2011). Thomas Paine on Liberty: Including Common Sense and Other Writings, p.92, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
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