"Liberty is the result of law — not, as many suppose, of the absence of law." — Joseph Alden."The spirit of liberty is not, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our particular rights, but a respect for the rights of others." — Channing.
"There are two freedoms — the false, where one is free to do what he likes, and the true, where he is free to do what he ought." — Charles Kingsley.
"The only liberty that is valuable is a liberty connected with order; that not only exists with order and virtue, but which cannot exist at all without them." — Edmund Burke.
"There is no liberty to men in whom ignorance predominates over knowledge; there is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves." — H. W. Beecher.
"Political or civil liberty is no other than natural liberty, so far restrained as is necessary
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and expedient for the general advantage of the public." — Blackstone."No free government or the blessing of liberty can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles." — Patrick Henry.
"Liberty limited by law is the formula of civilization." — J. B. Gambrell.
=============== [From The Baptist Message, SSBSBC, 1911, pp. 9-10. This book was provided by Steve Lecrone, Burton, OH.] — jrd]
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