Quote by Edmund Burke
Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed. - Edmund Burke

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed. – Edmund Burke

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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. – Edmund Burke

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By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to Aprils breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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Liberty has no crueler enemy than license. – Proverb

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Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success. – Mark Skousen

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Among the losses punctuation suffers through the decay of language is the slash mark or diagonal… – Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969), “Punctuation Marks,” Notes to Literature, V

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Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell it over again, to the best of my art and knowledge. Hearken now to my story, its why and its reason. – Marie de France

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