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- As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
- George Washington (1732 - 1799)
- The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- So, rather than appear foolish afterward, I renounce seeming clever now.
- William of Baskerville, The Name of the Rose
- The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
- Abbie Hoffman (1936 - 1989)
- Whatever thy hand findest to do, do it with all thy heart.
- Jesus Christ
- Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
- Freedom hath a thousand charms to show,
That slaves however contented never know. - Cowper
- No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves.
- John Peter Zenger
- Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
- Rousseau
- It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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