#liberty

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad. ↗

— James Madison

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It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. ↗

— James Madison

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The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world. ↗

— James Madison

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Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. ↗

— James Madison

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As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. ↗

— James Madison

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To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. ↗

— James Madison

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A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States. ↗

— James Madison

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Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. ↗

— James Madison

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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty. ↗

— James Madison

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