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“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.”
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“A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither”
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“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government”
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“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
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“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
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“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
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“That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.”
Henry David Thoreau quotes (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862)
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“Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny”
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“The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.”
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“Every generation needs a new revolution.”
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“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to = remain silent.”
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