#libert

Liberty is not the unique right of Americans or even Westerners, but is mankind's right. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object. ↗

— Patrick Henry

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I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death. ↗

— Patrick Henry

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Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

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Will you permit the sacred fire of liberty, brought by your fathers from the venerable temples of Britain, to be quenched and trodden out on the simple altars they have raised? ↗

— Joseph Howe

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Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself. ↗

— William Dean Howells

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We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution. ↗

— Charles Evans Hughes

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When liberty returns, I will return. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free—and we're not. Guess who's winning the "war on terror? ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#civil-rights #osama-bin-laden #surveillance #terrorism #war-on-terror

I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others. ↗

— Billy Sunday

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