Quote by Edmund Burke
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. – Edmund Burke

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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. – Edmund Burke

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Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom. – Friedrich August von Hayek

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It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree. – Leo McKern

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America is just the country that how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society. – Peter Kropotkin

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Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. – George Orwell

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