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Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power.

Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power.
– James Madison

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  4. Liberty is to faction what air is to fire… – James Madison
  5. Promote the voluntary family; voluntarism is the only known cure for abuses of power – in politics, the economy or the family. – Stefan Molyneux
  6. It is this dependency that became, and is, the breeding ground for abuses of power. – bell hooks
  7. You have immense power–power to overcome, power to achieve, power to possess, and power to prosper, making you incredibly irresistible. – Anitra SheltonQuinn
  8. If one abuses or neglects internal powers, external forces will act accordingly. – TF Hodge
  9. I write so the endangered thoughts roaming naked and vulnerable through the misty jungles of my mind aren’t slain by the guns of practical living. – Kim Krizan
  10. The most beautiful of human things are born in the shadows and thrive there and are endangered by light – Prabhukrishna M
  11. The truth is ladies…Good men are an endangered specie. So if you have a good man dont shuffle your KING for a JOKER. – Crystal Evans
  12. Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all. – Alexis de Tocqueville
  13. If the system turns away from the abuses inflicted on the guilty, then who can be next but the innocents? – Michael Connelly
  14. A nation of unhappy teachers makes for a sadder and more endangered America. – Pat Conroy
  15. The only excuse from a man who abuses you are the ones we give him. – Selena Haskins
  16. First wrong by brow-beater abuses the body of law. And the revenge of brow-beaten announces that there is no law in state. Says Bhutta – MK Bhutta
  17. Those doves below, the ones utterly cared for, never endangered ones, cannot know tenderness. – Rainer Maria Rilke
  18. Being overly critical of yourself is like having a relentless, inescapable bully who follows you everywhere you go and abuses you. – Bryant McGill
  19. My point about alcohol is that if you abuse something, it abuses you back. – Michka Assayas
  20. If they endangered us, they also saved us from danger. If they harmed us, we have harmed them. – Nick ODonohoe
  21. Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse! – Harriet Beecher Stowe
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  23. We are fighting now to save that endangered species-the individual. – Marty Rubin
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  25. Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin
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  27. I’m convinced that the greatest lover of freedom & liberty is God almighty himself. He gave us free will, the greatest liberty of all. – Justin Steckbauer
  28. Jesus not only preached liberty, but has the authority to direct history toward its final victory. – The Liberty Book
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  30. Liberty will not descend to a people. A people must raisethemselves to liberty. It is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed. – Charles Caleb Colton
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  36. France bleeds, but liberty smiles, and before the smile of liberty, France forgets her wound. – Victor Hugo
  37. The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison
  38. A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. – James Madison
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