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What is the meaning behind this quote? Had it not been for America, there had been no such thing as freedom left throughout the whole universe. -Thomas Paine

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it's simple. if it weren't for us having freedom, we all be nothing more than a horde of mindless drones following a tryant without having a free will 
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Without America, there would still be fighting and no one would be able to stop it. America helps other countries and has many allies.
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