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Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.
Hubert H. Humphrey
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Age: 66 †
Born: 1911
Born: May 27
Died: 1978
Died: January 13
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Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not 'happen,' it requires work.
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In life it isn't what you've lost, it's what you've got left that counts
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