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"I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt."
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"If a religion wants you to give up your freedom, just give up that religion! Nothing is holier than your freedom!"
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"Do you know why you're here? Shall I tell you why we brought you here? To cure you.To make you sane."
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