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• It is not the function of government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen…
• Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.
• Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The…
• A person gets from a symbol the meaning he puts into it, and what is one man's comfort and inspiration is another's…
• The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy. One's right to…
• The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion it will cease to be free for religion - except for…
• There is no such thing as an achieved liberty: like electricity, there can be no substantial storage and it must be generated…
• The priceless heritage of our society is the unrestricted constitutional right of each member to think as he will. Thought control is…
• Civil government cannot let any group ride roughshod over others simply because their consciences tell them to do so.
• The very purpose of a bill of rights is to withdraw certain subjects from...political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of…
• To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary and spontaneous instead of a compulsory routine is to make…
• That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury, stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies…

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