We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still clai…

Mark Twain
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We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.210, Courier Corporation
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We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.210, Courier Corporation

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