Along the Way…

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“Republic.

“I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose.

“Some words give you a feeling. Republic is one of those words that makes me tight in the throat. The same tightness a man gets when his baby takes a first step, or his first baby shaves, and makes his first sound like a man.

“Some words can give you a feeling that make your heart warm. Republic is one of those words.”

—John Wayne, as Davy Crockett in The Alamo.