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

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America is a model of force and freedom and moderation – with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people. – Lord Byron

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The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then well see the rising of the moon. – Bobby Sands

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One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It aint. – Lyn Nofziger

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Freedom is the right to live as we wish. – Epictetus

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