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A nation which expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, expects that which never was and never will be.

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Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the li...more

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It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of c...more

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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.

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. . . The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised w...more

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I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise th...more

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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it.

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The poor who have neither property, friends, nor strength to labor are boarded in the houses of good farmers, to whom a stipulated sum is annually pai...more

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He [Weishaupt] says, no one ever laid a surer foundation for liberty than our grand master, Jesus of Nazareth.

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that ...more

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Whenever there is in any country, uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violat...more

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How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

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The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrant. It is its natural manure.