#libert

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips. ↗

— Allen Johnson

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Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of steel and concrete and glass, but as really the substance of the American Dream. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

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If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, - Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such liberty. ↗

— Richard Lovelace

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From you we have learned what we, at least, value, to separate Church and State; and from you we gather inspiration at all times in our devotion to learning, to religious liberty, and to individual and National freedom. ↗

— Seth Low

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Conscious of my own weakness, I can only seek fervently the guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do my best to restore Union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liberties and rights. ↗

— George B. McClellan

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It is above all in the present democratic age that the true friends of liberty and human grandeur must remain constantly vigilant and ready to prevent the social power from lightly sacrificing the particular rights of a few individuals to the general execution of its designs. In such times there is no citizen so obscure that it is not very dangerous to allow him to be oppressed, and there are no individual rights so unimportant that they can be sacrificed to arbitrariness with impunity. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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My position does not give me the liberty to exclude anything, but my mood tells me there will not be violence. ↗

— Vano Merabishvili

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The truth is that men are tired of liberty. ↗

— Benito Mussolini

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