Benjamin Harrison

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Benjamin Harrison in 1896.

Benjamin Harrison VI (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd (1889–1893) President of the United States.

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  • "God forbid that the day should ever come when, in the American mind, the thought of man as a 'consumer' shall submerge the old American thought of man as a creature of God, endowed with 'unalienable rights.'"[1]
Simple: I pray the that there is never a day when, to Americans, being a "consumer" will take over the old American way of believing a person is created by God and has rights that cannot be taken away.

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  1. "The Status of Annexed Territory and of Its Free Civilized Inhabitants" in North American Review, volume 172, no. 530, January 1901, page 22.

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