"Liberty is the quality or state of being free; the power to do as one pleases; freedom from physical restraint; freedom from arbitrary or despotic control; the positive enjoyment of various social, political, or economic rights and privileges; the power of choice."
—Webster's Dictionary
“Experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny...Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people...A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.”
—Thomas Jefferson
“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”
—Benjamin Franklin
“...we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.”
—John F. Kennedy
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Wow. Thanks for the info, Nick, but do try and have a happy holiday.
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