Quote by Henry Adams
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restra

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself. – Henry Adams

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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. – Edmund Burke

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You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue. – William Blake

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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. – Benjamin Franklin

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Ones liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor. – Frederick Farrar

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