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title: "6 Liberty Tyranny Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-sharp/the-degree-of-liberty-or-tyranny-in-any-government-is-in-large-degree/)

[Gene Sharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-sharp/)

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> [The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is, it follows, in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-sharp/the-degree-of-liberty-or-tyranny-in-any-government-is-it-follows-in/)

[Gene Sharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-sharp/)

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> [The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-b-chner/the-revolutionary-government-is-the-despotism-of-liberty-against/)

[Georg Buchner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-b-chner/)

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> [“licentiousness has seldom produced the loss of liberty; but that the tyranny of rulers has almost always effected it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/licentiousness-has-seldom-produced-the-loss-of-liberty-but-that-the/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

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> [“Today in the early Twenty-First Century, we Americans are once again faced with the same basic choice: liberty or tyranny, freedom or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hambleton/today-in-the-early-twenty-first-century-we-americans-are-once-again/)

[Chris Hambleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hambleton/)

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> [“Limited government is not a means to liberty, it is an end. That is to say, there are always going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-d-baris/limited-government-is-not-a-means-to-liberty-it-is-an-end-that-is-to/)

[Richard D. Baris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-d-baris/)

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