We cannot forget that our flag received its first foreign salute from… — Seth Low

We cannot forget that our flag received its first foreign salute from a Dutch officer, nor that the Province of Friesland gave to our independence its first formal recognition.

Seth LowEducator · American · 1850 – 1916

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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living? — Mohandas Gandhi
Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth. — George Bernard Shaw
Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The United States of America have taken their name from the United States of the Netherlands. — Seth Low
On this day, so full for Americans of thoughts connected with their National Independence, we may not forget that Americans have yet other grounds for gratitude to the people of the Netherlands. — Seth Low
From you we have learned what we, at least, value, to separate Church and State; and from you we gather inspiration at all times in our devotion to learning, to religious liberty, and to individual and National freedom. — Seth Low