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And you, America, that passion made you. You were not born to prosperity, you were born to love freedom. You did not say "en masse," you said "independence." But we cannot have all the luxuries and freedom also.

Robinson Jeffers
Freedom, Passion, Luxury
Robinson Jeffers, Albert Gelpi (2003). “The Wild God of the World: An Anthology of Robinson Jeffers”, p.154, Stanford University Press
And you, America, that passion made you. You were not born to prosperity, you were born to love freedom. You did not say en masse, you said independence. But we cannot have all the luxuries and freedom also.