Vermont
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Vermont is a U.S. state located in New England. The state ranks 43rd in land area (9,250 sq mi), is the most rural, and its population (608,827) ranks as the second smallest of the 50 states. As the only New England state with no coastline along the Atlantic Ocean, Vermont is notable for the Green Mountains in the west and Lake Champlain in the northwest.
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- Vermont is a small state which makes an enormous difference.
- I am Vermont.
- Valerie Frankel, "Runway To The White House: Searching for a Defining Look In the Land of Ben & Jerry's", New York Times, August 31, 2003
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- "I'm from Vermont, I do what I want."
- Young Vermonter saying
- "You can't get there from here"
- Reliable Vermont directions
- "The gods of the valley are not the gods of the hills."
- Ethan Allen
- "He's as happy a moose!"
- Vermonter interjectional saying ('Mid-19th' to 'Late 20th' Century)
- "Freedom and Unity"
- Vermont State Motto
- "Don't talk unless you can improve the silence."
- "Don't Mess With Vermont"
- Bumper sticker, seen following Jim Jefford's departure from the Republican Party, which shifted the balance of power in the Senate to the Democrats in 2001
- How many Vermonters does it take to change a light bulb?
- Three. One to change the bulb and two to sit around discussing how they liked the old one better.
Vermont is a State I Love
Speech by president Calvin Coolidge at Bennington, Vermont, 1928
Vermont is a state I love. I could not look upon the peaks of Ascutney, Killington, Mansfield, and Equinox without being moved in a way that no other scene could move me. It was here that I first saw the light of day; here that I received my bride; here my dead lie, pillowed on the loving breast of our everlasting hills.
I love Vermont because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and invigorating climate, but most of all because of her indomitable people. They are a race of pioneers who have almost beggared themselves to serve others. If the spirit of liberty should vanish in other parts of the union and support of our institutions should languish, it could all be replenished from the generous store held by the people of this brave little state of Vermont.
