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"But liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near-war footing. Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of the central government."

"The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia."

"Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what you like."

"If a religion wants you to give up your freedom, just give up that religion! Nothing is holier than your freedom!"

"It seems that the price of having freedom is having to constantly fight to keep it."

"Human beings possess the gift of personal freedom and liberty of the mind. We each possess the sovereignty over the body and mind to define ourselves and embrace the values that we wish to exemplify. Personal autonomy enables humans to take independent action and use reason to establish moral values. We are part of nature. Consciousness, human cognition, and awareness of our own mortality allow us to script an independent survival reality and not merely react to environmental forces."
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"If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone or brass, it will beat them down."
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