#libert

I therefore beg that you would indulge me with the liberty of declining the arduous trust. ↗

— Christopher Gadsden

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My sentiments for the American cause, from the Stamp Act downward, have never changed... I am still of opinion that it is the cause of liberty and of human nature. ↗

— Christopher Gadsden

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For more than two centuries, the defenders of liberty have put their lives on the line, because they have known that we cannot take our freedoms for granted. ↗

— Virgil Goode

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I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that road. ↗

— Benjamin F. Wade

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I have very real concerns about the civil liberties implications of ultimately requiring every resident to submit themselves for compulsory fingerprinting or some other biometric test. ↗

— Patricia Hewitt

#civil #civil liberties #compulsory #concerns #every

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

— Thomas Jefferson

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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty, of public equality, and public responsibility. It must not be denied them. ↗

— Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

#bread #come #denied #equality #faith

Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

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