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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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My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.

My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.

by Edmund Burke 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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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants.

It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants.

by Blaise Pascal Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect
everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect
everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will
preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that
force, you are inevitably ruined.

by Patrick Henry 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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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

by Thomas Jefferson 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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I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to read more

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.

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