“There is no greater nobility than offering one’s life to the nation”
Remarks by President Obama and President Aquino III of the Philippines during a State Dinner at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines on April 28, 2014 http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/04/28/remarks-president-obama-and-president-aquino-iii-philippines-state-dinne <br class="br">2014 <br class="br">Context: There is no greater nobility than offering one’s life to the nation and, Mr. President, your father offered his life so that this nation might be free.
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