The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes.
— Thomas Paine

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Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
— George Washington

America does not need to go abroad in search of monsters to destroy

America does not need to go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
— John Quincy Adams

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.
— Bill Moyers

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile, but it is morally treasonable to the American public.
— Theodore Roosevelt

The secret of happiness is freedom.  And the secret of freedom is courage.
— Thucydides

The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both.
— Christopher Hitchens

The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes.
— Thomas Paine

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
— Benjamin Franklin

eternal vigilance

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
— Wendell Phillips
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