For The Saddest Epitaph Which Can Be Carved In Memory Of A Vanished Liberty Is That It Was Lost Because Its Possessors Failed To Stretch Forth A Saving Hand While Yet There Was Time - SearchQuotes

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For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished liberty is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while yet there was time

George Sutherland

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