With that sense of determination and sacrifice, America has built a powerful economy, stood against tyranny, fought for equality, and connected the globe with our own science and imagination.

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It is also about people's strong feelings against tyranny.

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Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law.

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"The Guy Fawkes mask has now become a common brand and a convenient placard to use in protest against tyranny - and I'm happy with people using it, it seems quite unique, an icon of popular culture being used this way, " he says.

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In New England, there remains one granite pillar against the tyranny of high tax burdens, found within the spirit of New Hampshire.

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You might set different filters on your Choice Reducers to tune them against the Tyranny of Choice, the notion that too many items on offer freeze our ability to choose.

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It was forged in the fight against Nazi tyranny.

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One Roosevelt battled giant corporate trusts and expanded the American Empire abroad, while the other Roosevelt inspired a nation that was hopeless and methodically moved a reluctant people toward a war against an ugly tyranny.

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Throughout time he has struggled against some form of tyranny that would enslave his mind or his body.

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