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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our pos

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. – Edward Gibbon

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The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authorize the violation of every positive law. How far that or any other consideration may operate to dissolve the natural obligations of humanity and justice, is a doctrine of which I still desire to remain ignorant. – Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon
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History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. – Edward Gibbon

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Men fight for freedom, then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves. – Author Unknown

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Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom. – Milos Forman

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At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet. – Kristi Yamaguchi

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Liberty: One of Imagination’s most precious possessions. – Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

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If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. – Jay Leno

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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixons lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known. – Bob Woodward

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People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? – Nhat Hanh

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