"The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty." — John Milton

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• The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
• Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
• If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best… — Aristotle
• The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
• A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
• Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in… — Sri Aurobindo
• I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people,… — Michele Bachmann
• If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires… — Michele Bachmann
• It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to… — Francis Bacon
• Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
• Liberty is the prevention of control by others. — Lord Acton
• Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. — Lord Acton

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