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title: "4 Liberty Citizen Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baron-de-montesquieu/political-liberty-in-a-citizen-is-that-tranquillity-of-spirit-which/)

[Baron de Montesquieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baron-de-montesquieu/)

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> [The liberty the citizen enjoys is to be measured not by governmental machinery he lives under, whether representative or other, but by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/the-liberty-the-citizen-enjoys-is-to-be-measured-not-by-governmental/)

[Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/)

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> [It is the theory of all modern civilized governments that they protect and foster the liberty of the citizen; it is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/it-is-the-theory-of-all-modern-civilized-governments-that-they/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [I emphasize the reply that the liberty which a citizen enjoys is to be measured, not by the nature of the governmental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/i-emphasize-the-reply-that-the-liberty-which-a-citizen-enjoys-is-to/)

[Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/)

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