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It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in cases read more
It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in cases involving not very nice people.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of read more
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their read more
Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
 Then liberty, like day,
 Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven
  Fires all the read more 
 Then liberty, like day,
 Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven
  Fires all the faculties with glorious joy. 
 Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants 
thereof.  
 Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants 
thereof. 
 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. 
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.