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Woodrow Wilson1856–1924

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.

Woodrow Wilson on liberty

Address on Latin American Policy before the Southern Commercial Congress Mobile, Alabama (27 October 1913)

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Peace is its own reward.
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The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.
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Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
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