"We are as great as our belief in human liberty — no greater. And our belief in human liberty is only ours when it is larger than ourselves."
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"Every man of the commonalty is, of common right, and by the laws of God, a freeman, and entitled to the free enjoyment of liberty. ...liberty or freedom consists in having an actual share in the appoi…"
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