When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be re... - Thomas Paine

"When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped."

Thomas Paine Gratitude

Revolutionary, Political Writer British-American 1737–1809

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"Respect those who came before us."

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