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“Let us prefer the lonely cottage, while blest with liberty, to gilded palaces, surrounded with the ensigns of slavery.”

Quote by Joseph Warren

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Joseph Warren was a doctor and revolutionary during the American Revolution. He was born on June 11, 1741, and died on June 17, 1775. Warren served as the medical director of the Massachusetts Militia during the revolution and was killed in the Boston Massacre. more

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