All 3 Uses
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Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You
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- And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe — the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.†
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- We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution.†
- But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(revolution as in: the computer revolution) dramatic change -- sometimes violent overthrow of a government
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(2)
(revolution as in: revolution around the sun) circular movement -- sometimes referring to exactly one rotation
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)