| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 65682 |
| QUOTATION: | ... a nation to be strong, must be united; to be united, must be equal in condition; to be equal in condition, must be similar in habits and feeling; to be similar in habits and feeling, must be raised in national institutions as the children of a common family, and citizens of a common country. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Frances Wright (1795–1852), Scottish author and speaker; relocated to America. Course of Popular Lectures, lecture 7 (1829).
From a lecture given on June 2, 1829. Wright had recently become an American citizen. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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