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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.

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Every law is an infraction of liberty.

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

by Jeremy Bentham Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not too sure that it is right.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not too sure that it is right.

by Learned Hand Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can be free only read more

You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can be free only if I am free.

by Clarence Darrow Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.

If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.

by Philip Wylie 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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I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to read more

I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.

by Harriet Tubman Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

by Henry David Thoreau 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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Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

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