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    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.

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Where liberty is, there is my country.

Where liberty is, there is my country.

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By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By read more

By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think wrong.

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So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

by Robert Browning Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it read more

I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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Liberty:one of imaginations most precious possessions.

Liberty:one of imaginations most precious possessions.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.

Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.

by William Allen White Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.

Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.

by Will Rogers Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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Those who work for plant rights
don't parse parsley
nor bomb poppies
nor purchase antipeople papers.
They plant papayas,
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Those who work for plant rights
don't parse parsley
nor bomb poppies
nor purchase antipeople papers.
They plant papayas,
and peppers.
Their pulpit is the popular*
not the papal but poplars.
* not in the sense of ephemeral fame
but what the people want.

by Saiom Shriver Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, read more

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

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