#liberty

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure foundations than are found today in the Middle East. Even more important, they will fight for two human conditions of even greater value than peace: liberty and justice. ↗

— John McCain

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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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When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for. ↗

— John Milton

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The candle of liberty has always been kept lit by a vigilant few. ↗

— Russell Pearce

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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

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Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

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