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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" Benjamin Franklin (1759)

"Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you" Abraham Lincoln (1858)

A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left.” William Orville Douglas

The basis of a democratic state is liberty. Aristotle (384 B.C.-322 B.C)

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. Patrick Henry (1736-1739)

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of freedom's substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order. If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith within. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson Jehovah's Witness Case – WWII

There is no conflict between liberty and safety. We will have both or neither.

Ramsey Clark (1927--)

History teaches us that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (1989)

We have established a governmental system to safeguard our rights from overzealous patriots who lack an understanding of democratic constitutionalism and who offer quick solutions or the pretext of national security at the expense of the very rights that keep us free.

As a form of government, democracy cannot work unless the personal dignity of individuals is protected. It cannot work without also promoting a dangerous degree of freedom of expression.

Everyone has a stake in the maintenance of free expression so that democracy can function effectively.

We cannot enjoy our rights unless everyone shares them.

-Leonard W. Levy

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