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— Ralph Waldo Emerson"A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants."
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Latinos have fought in all of America’s wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country today in Iraq, just as several of their ancestors fought for freedom in Mexico over a century ago.
— Joe Baca
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Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each man is for ever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart.
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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