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The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

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It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. ↗

— Dick Cheney

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American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted. ↗

— William J. Clinton

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It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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I am often reminded that the wellspring of Vermont liberty flows from Main Street, not State Street. ↗

— James H. Douglas

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The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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

— Virginia Foxx

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