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The Most Iconic Independence Day Speech

Talking Big Ideas. “I, therefore, leave off where I began, with hope. While drawing encouragement from the Declaration of Independence, the great principles it contains, and the genius of American Institutions, my spirit is also cheered by the obvious tendencies of the age.” ~ Frederick Douglass

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We are Problem Solvers

Talking Big Ideas. “The possibilities that lie in the future are infinite. When I say ‘It is our duty to remain optimists,’ this includes not only the openness of the future but also that which all of us contribute to it by everything we do: we are all responsible for what the future holds in store. Thus it is our duty, not to prophesy evil but, rather, to fight for a better world.” ~ Karl Popper, The Myth of the Framework

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