"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding."

Men, Liberty, Meaning, Understanding

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"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding."

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