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- Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people, by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.
- James Madison (1751 - 1836), Speech in the Virginia Convention, June 6, 1788
- I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know way of judging the future but by the past.
- Patrick Henry (1736 - 1799), Speech to the Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775
- Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
- Barry Goldwater (1909 - 1998), Speech accepting nomination for president, July 16, 1964
- Facts have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies. There is nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing more helpful, than truth.
- William C. Redfield, Address at Case School, Cleveland, Ohio, May 27, 1915
- Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Inaugural Adress, January 20, 1961
- When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.
- Charles Evans Hughes, Address at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, June 17, 1925
- A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
- Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895), Address on university education, Baltimore, Maryland, September 12, 1876
- The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), On Liberty, 1859
- We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.
- Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), The Crisis, no. 4, September 11, 1777
- In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
- Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881), Past and Present, 1843
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