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title: "2 Paucity Restraints Quotes by 1 author"
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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 the paucity of restraints it imposes upon him.](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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> [I emphasize the reply that the liberty which a citizen enjoys is to be measured, not by the nature of the governmental machinery he lives under, whether representative or other, but by the relative paucity of the restraints it imposes…](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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