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Quote by James Madison
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom o

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. – James Madison

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Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. – James Madison

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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. – James Madison

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Personal technology has given us the freedom of being able to do whatever we want – and in the case of celebrities and athletes, whomever they want. But it can also serve as a humiliation jetpack. – Sloane Crosley

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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do. – Charles Schumer

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No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man. – Thomas Huxley

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We believe it wrong ever to take a dollar from a free citizen without a very necessary public purpose, because each such taking diminishes the freedom to spend that dollar as its owner would prefer. – Mitch Daniels

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