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title: "16 Protect Liberty Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 16 Protect Liberty quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Protect Liberty sayings and thoughts."
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> [We can only protect liberty by making it relevant to the modern world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/we-can-only-protect-liberty-by-making-it-relevant-to-the-modern-world/)

[Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/)

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> [“We must endure the ignorant to protect the liberty of the majority.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-best/we-must-endure-the-ignorant-to-protect-the-liberty-of-the-majority/)

[James D. Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-best/)

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> [Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-d-brandeis/experience-teaches-us-to-be-most-on-our-guard-to-protect-liberty-when/)

[Louis D. Brandeis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-d-brandeis/)

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> [If you can’t protect life, then how can you protect liberty?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/if-you-can-t-protect-life-then-how-can-you-protect-liberty/)

[Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/)

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> [There's no evidence that I'm aware of that guns protect liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-dershowitz/there-s-no-evidence-that-i-m-aware-of-that-guns-protect-liberty/)

[Alan Dershowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-dershowitz/)

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> [Our goal is to reaffirm that government by the people, speaking through their elected representatives, is the best way to keep us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers/our-goal-is-to-reaffirm-that-government-by-the-people-speaking/)

[Cathy McMorris Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers/)

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> [The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-obligations-of-our-representatives-in-washington-are-to-protect/)

[Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/)

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> [I hope the families of those who perished on the U.S.S. Oklahoma will find comfort and peace in knowing their loved ones'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindy-hyde-smith/i-hope-the-families-of-those-who-perished-on-the-u-s-s-oklahoma-will/)

[Cindy Hyde-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cindy-hyde-smith/)

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> [The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-moral-and-constitutional-obligations-of-our-representatives-in/)

[Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/)

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> [A government that intended to protect the liberty of the people would not disarm them. A government planning the opposite most certainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-reese/a-government-that-intended-to-protect-the-liberty-of-the-people-would/)

[Charley Reese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-reese/)

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> [To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-byrd/to-the-american-people-i-say-awaken-to-what-is-happening-it-is-the/)

[Robert Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-byrd/)

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> [“Thomas Jefferson. . . knew what schools were for--to ensure that citizens would know when and how to protect their liberty. .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-postman/thomas-jefferson-knew-what-schools-were-for-to-ensure-that-citizens/)

[Neil Postman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-postman/)

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> [Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-d-brandeis/experience-should-teach-us-to-be-most-on-our-guard-to-protect-liberty/)

[Louis D. Brandeis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-d-brandeis/)

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> [“Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-d-brandeis/experience-should-teach-us-to-be-most-on-our-guard-to-protect-liberty-2/)

[Louis D. Brandeis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-d-brandeis/)

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> [Our enemy is motivated by hatred and will not stop planning more plots against until they are ultimately defeated. Today was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-murphy/our-enemy-is-motivated-by-hatred-and-will-not-stop-planning-more/)

[Timothy Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-murphy/)

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> [If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/if-you-like-small-government-you-need-to-work-hard-at-having-a-strong/)

[Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/)

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