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Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is unobstructed action according to our will. But rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add "within the limits of the law" because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.
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The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.
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Our attachment to no nation on earth should supplant our attachment to liberty.
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I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance.
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We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
Lady Randolph Churchill
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Born:
April 13, 1743
Died:
July 4, 1826
(aged 83)
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