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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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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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'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;
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'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;
And we are weeds without it.

by William Cowper 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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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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The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal
vigilance.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal
vigilance.

by John Philpot Curran Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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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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The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.

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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The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal -- well-meaning but without understanding.

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal -- well-meaning but without understanding.

by Louis D. Brandeis Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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