The power to arrest - to deprive a citizen of liberty - must be used fairly, responsibly, and without bias.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in society, with an expectation to have our persons and properties defended against unreasonable exactions either at home or abroad.
Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest.
Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to raise their voices at injustice.
By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.
Liberty is ceding a certain amount of your ability to do what you want so that everybody else can live in peace and freedom and respecting the rights of other people.
Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.
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