A people who mean to be free ...

A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies
A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies
 Edmund Randolph

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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A man of abilities and character, of any sect whatever, may be admitted to any office of public trust under the United States.
 Edmund Randolph