#liberty

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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As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy. ↗

— Will Durant

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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 may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. ↗

— James Madison

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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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In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property. ↗

— Potter Stewart

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The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women. As men become aware that few have had a fair chance, they are inclined to say that no women have had a fair chance. ↗

— Margaret Fuller

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