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Sunday, July 5, 2015

The preservation of liberty

"The preservation of liberty depends upon the intellectual and moral character of the people.  As long as knowledge and virtue are diffused generally among the body of a nation, it is impossible they should be enslaved."

- John Adams, 1772
Posted by ManiacalPhysicist at 3:23 PM
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