Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.
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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.
History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice.
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
The truth is that men are tired of liberty.
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will.
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.
The more liberty you give away the more you will have.
It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free.
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