#liberty

Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect. ↗

— Jose Marti

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Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist. ↗

— Jose Marti

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The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you, o Liberty, do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you, but win you. ↗

— Jose Marti

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An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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All government, of course, is against liberty. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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Most people want security in this world, not liberty. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ↗

— Tim Murphy

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The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. ↗

— Lyn Nofziger

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