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"Only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom." |
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William James |
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"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object." |
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Thomas Jefferson |
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"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost." |
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Thomas Jefferson |
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"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." |
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Thomas Jefferson |
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"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time." |
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Thomas Jefferson |
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." |
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James Madison |
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"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." |
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Thomas Paine |
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"It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly." |
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Bertrand Russell |
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"It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living." |
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Bertrand Russell |
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"People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." |
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Socrates |
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