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“Temporary deviations from fundamental principles are always more or less dangerous. When the first pretext fails, those who become interested in prolonging the evil will rarely be at a loss for other pretexts.”

Firsts Evil Loss Liberty Principles Failing Dangerous Fundamentals Temporary Pretext Fundamental Principles Deviation Prolonging

Book:Selected Writings of James Madison

Source: Selected Writings of James Madison

“Nothing puts peace in its proper perspective better than the loss of personal liberty first.”

Firsts Loss Liberty Perspective Personal Liberty

Author:John Longenecker

“The loss of liberty to a generous mind is worse than death.”

Mind Loss Liberty Generous

Author:Alexander Hamilton

“Without union our independence and liberty would never have been achieved; without union they can never be maintained. Divided into twenty-four, or even a smaller number, of separate communities, we shall see our internal trade burdened with numberless restraints and exactions; communications between distant points and sections obstructed or cut off; our sons made soldiers to deluge with blood the fields they now till in peace...The loss of liberty, of all good government, of peace, plenty, and happiness, must inevitably follow a dissolution of the Union.”

Source: Annual messages, veto messages, protest, &c. of Andrew Jackson, President of the United States

“The last time I checked, the only difference between my gay friends and I is who we choose to love. I'm not sure how that warrants a loss of rights, but it needs to stop. What ever happened to liberty and justice for all?”

Needs Lasts Differences Justice Loss Liberty Rights Happened Gay Not Sure Last Time Warrants Liberty And Justice Justice For All Liberty And Justice For All Gay Friend

Author:Pink

“Luxury, or a refinement on the pleasures and conveniences of life, had long been supposed the source of every corruption in government, and the immediate cause of faction, sedition, civil wars, and the total loss of liberty. It was, therefore, universally regarded as a vice, and was an object of declamation to all satyrists, and severe moralists.”

Source: An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals

“... imprisonment itself, entailing loss of liberty, loss of citizenship, separation from family and loved ones, is punishment enough for most individuals, no matter how favorable the circumstances under which the time is passed.”

Matter Enough Individual Loss Liberty Crime Circumstances Prison Separation Punishment Loved Ones Citizenship Imprisonment

Author:Mary B. Harris

“We have had so many years of prosperity, we have passed through so many difficulties and dangers without the loss of liberty - that we begin to think that we hold it by divine right from heaven itself ... It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.”

Thinking Years Heaven Loss Liberty Danger Divine Difficulty Harder Prosperity Preserves Divine Right

Author:John C. Calhoun

“The loss of objectivity in moral thought does not lead to liberation. It leads to oppression. Secular ideologies preach liberty, but they practice tyranny.”

Doe Loss Liberty Moral Practice Tyranny Oppression Ideology Liberation Secular Objectivity

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life.”

Reason Loss Liberty Economic Majors Economic Freedom

Author:Amartya Sen