| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1237 |
| AUTHOR: | Morris Sheppard (18751941) |
| QUOTATION: | A nation that can not preserve itself ought to die, and it will diedie in the grasp of the evils it is too feeble to overthrow. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Senator MORRIS SHEPPARD, remarks in the Senate, December 18, 1914, Congressional Record, vol. 52, p. 338. |
| SUBJECTS: | Nation |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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