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“The liberty I mean is social freedom. It is that state of things in which liberty is secured by the equality of restraint. A constitution of things in which the liberty of no one man, and no body of men, and no number of men, can find means to trespass on the liberty of any person, or any description of persons, in the society. This kind of liberty is, indeed, but another name for justice.”

Source: The Portable Edmund Burke

“If the union of these States, and the liberties of this people, shall be lost, it is but little to any one man of fifty-two yearsof age, but a great deal to the thirty millions of people who inhabit these United States, and to their posterity in all coming time.”

People Ifs Men Littles Two States Age Lost United Deals Liberty Millions United States Unions Thirty Fifty One Man Posterity

Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

“It is not one man nor a million, but the spirit of liberty that must be preserved. The waves which dash upon the shore are, one by one, broken, but the ocean conquers nevertheless. It overwhelms the Armada, it wears out the rock. In like manner, whatever the struggle of individuals, the great cause will gather strength.”

Men Spirit Individual Causes Liberty Millions Struggle Rocks Broken Ocean Wave Conquer One Man Shore Nevertheless

Author:Lord Byron

“The legal system we have and the rule of law are far more responsible for our traditional liberties than any system of one man one vote. Any country or Government which wants to proceed towards tyranny starts to undermine legal rights and undermine the law.”

Men Want Country Government Law Liberty Rights Vote Responsible Tyranny Traditional One Man Rule Of Law Legal System Legal Rights

Book:As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

“When liberty becomes license, some form of one-man power is not far distant.”

Men Form Liberty One Man License

Book:Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia

Source: Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia