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    To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that
    peoples our forests with assassins.
    [Fr., Rendre l'homme infame, et le laisser libre, est une
    absurdite qui peuple nos forets d'assassins.]

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The love of liberty with life is given,
And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.

The love of liberty with life is given,
And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.

by John Dryden Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its
friends. Liberty in the wild and read more

As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its
friends. Liberty in the wild and freakish hands of fanatics has
once more, as frequently in the past, proved the effective
helpmate of autocracy and the twin-brother of tyranny.

by Otto Hermann Kahn Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone
or brass, it will beat read more

If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone
or brass, it will beat them down.

by John Cotton Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

by Jean-jacques Rousseau Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.

Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.

by John Adams Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

by Alexander Hamilton Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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Give me liberty, or give me death.

Give me liberty, or give me death.

by Patrick Henry Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor.

One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor.

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