#lib

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. ↗

— Lord Acton

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The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. ↗

— Lynda Barry

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We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world. ↗

— Mark Twain

#bear #liberties #world

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

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And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of all liberties - liberty of conscience, of education, of association, of the press, of travel, or labor, or trade? ↗

— Frederic Bastiat

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It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#ask #forced #liberated #once #same

Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' ↗

— Evan Bayh

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Sometimes it's liberating to confront horrible things in lyrics as a way to master the shadow-self that exists in everyone. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#efforts #governments #law #liberty #man

I mean, for all of his faults and the troubles in his marriage, Bill Clinton is still married to a girl he met in the library 25 years ago at school. Can we say that about many of our other leaders today in America, including on the right wing? ↗

— Paul Begala

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