#libert

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue. ↗

— Daniel Webster

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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought. ↗

— Lord Acton

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Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty. ↗

— John Adams

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The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected. ↗

— William O. Douglas

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Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities. ↗

— Esther Dyson

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Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody - government stay away. ↗

— Esther Dyson

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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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For as Jews, the problem happens to be more urgent and vital than for others; because the destruction of religion on America will involve the destruction also of the religious training of freedom; and with that our civil liberties. ↗

— Louis Finkelstein

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I'm a bit of a Libertarian. ↗

— Vince Flynn

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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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