Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Too much liberty corrupts us all.
Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet.
Every law is an infraction of liberty.
Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination.
There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.
It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern; and that the North has, therefore, nothing to do with it.
You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.
The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.
It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.
Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.