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Civil Liberties

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

"Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. ...A simple weapon - so long as there is no answer to it - gives claws to the weak." - George Orwell

"An armed society is a polite society." - Robert A. Heinlein

"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you." - Pericles

"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner." - James Bovard

"The sooner we all learn to make a decision between disapproval and censorship, the better off society will be... Censorship cannot get at the real evil, and it is an evil in itself." - Granville Hicks

"I'm in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my value system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so. Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal" - Milton Friedman


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