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title: "12 Enemy Freedom Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Time is the enemy of freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-hargreaves/time-is-the-enemy-of-freedom/)

[Andy Hargreaves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-hargreaves/)

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> [Power is the great enemy of freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wallich/power-is-the-great-enemy-of-freedom/)

[Henry Wallich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wallich/)

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> [Government is the natural enemy of freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garet-garrett/government-is-the-natural-enemy-of-freedom/)

[Garet Garrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garet-garrett/)

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> [“Mindless rules, not accountable officials, are the enemy of freedom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-howard/mindless-rules-not-accountable-officials-are-the-enemy-of-freedom/)

[Philip K. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-howard/)

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> [“Many greeted the truth as an enemy. And freedom as well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/svetlana-alexievich/many-greeted-the-truth-as-an-enemy-and-freedom-as-well/)

[Svetlana Alexievich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/svetlana-alexievich/)

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> [Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demosthenes/every-dictator-is-an-enemy-of-freedom-an-opponent-of-law/)

[Demosthenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demosthenes/)

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> [“For at the heart of freedom lies a grand paradox: the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/for-at-the-heart-of-freedom-lies-a-grand-paradox-the-greatest-enemy/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

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> [“It is a great evil for a Chief of a nation to be born the enemy of the freedom whose defender he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-jacques-rousseau/it-is-a-great-evil-for-a-chief-of-a-nation-to-be-born-the-enemy-of/)

[Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-jacques-rousseau/)

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> [The surest and most insidious enemy of freedom is not dictatorship, but complacency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-angier/the-surest-and-most-insidious-enemy-of-freedom-is-not-dictatorship/)

[Natalie Angier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-angier/)

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> [“Let us henceforth make war on all monopolies—whether corporate or union. The enemy of freedom is unrestrained power, and the champions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/let-us-henceforth-make-war-on-all-monopolies-whether-corporate-or/)

[Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/)

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> [The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/os-guinness/the-rewards-of-freedom-are-always-sweet-but-its-demands-are-stern-for/)

[Os Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/os-guinness/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/os-guinness-6581_enemy_the-rewards-of-freedom-are-always-sweet_1108561.png)

> [The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys the commonwealth - that is, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/the-great-enemy-of-freedom-is-the-alignment-of-political-power-with/)

[Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/)

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