My Country Owes Me Nothing. It Gave Me, As It Gives Every Boy And Girl, A Chance.

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My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl,
a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for
service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village,
without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded
hope.
-- Herbert Hoover

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