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The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
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.
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
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.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
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.
To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that
peoples our forests with assassins.
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To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that
peoples our forests with assassins.
[Fr., Rendre l'homme infame, et le laisser libre, est une
absurdite qui peuple nos forets d'assassins.]
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
