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“Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.”

Desire Freedom Liberty Poverty Possession Strongest Despotism Secured Fetters

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“Every man may claim the fullest liberty to exercise his faculties compatible with the possession of like liberties by every other man.”

Men May Liberty Exercise Claims Possession Every Man Faculty Compatible

Author:Herbert Spencer

“The demand for liberty is a demand for power, either for possession of powers of action not already possessed or for retention and expansion of powers already possessed.”

Wisdom Action Politics Liberty Economy Demand Possession Liberalism Possessed Expansion Retention

Book:The Later Works, 1925-1953

Source: The Later Works, 1925-1953

“The excellence of metallic money in free circulation consists in the fact that it renders impossible the abuse of the power of the government to dispose of the possessions of its citizens by means of its monetary policy and thus serves as the solid foundation of economic liberty within each country and of free trade between one country and another.”

“Slavery in the modern world implies the absolute deprivation of the individual's liberty, while possession of weapons and mastery of their use are means to the individual's liberation. We do not perceive how a man may be armed and at the same time bereft of his freedom.”

Men World May Mean Use Individual Liberty Modern Weapons Absolutes Slavery Possession Liberation Perceive Mastery Modern World Deprivation Bereft

Book:A History of Warfare

Source: A History of Warfare

“All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.”

Men Natural Liberty Ought Equal Authority Independent Possession Equality Harm Every Man

Author:John Locke

“Liberty is one of the imagination's most precious possessions.”

Imagination Liberty Possession Precious Possessions

Author:Ambrose Bierce

“ONLY in the release of the seen do you lay hold on the unseen, My little one. Heaven waits for those who are no longer bound to earth. The degree to which bondages are exchanged for liberties while still in the flesh is in proportion to the extent to which eternal values are held in higher esteem that worldly success and possessions. If a man loves Me, he will hold his soul more precious than his body and will pursue holiness at the expense of wealth; for to follow after that which perishes is to forfeit the prize of the high calling in Christ.”