Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 60 |
| AUTHOR: | Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) |
| QUOTATION: | If she [America] forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution. |
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| SUBJECTS: | America |