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en A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
  Charles de Montesquieu

en Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?
  Thomas Jefferson

en God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?
  Thomas Jefferson

en This is very important. Israel is a democratic nation and we must maintain those civil liberties. They apply even to terrorists when they are caught. And Israeli courts strictly enforce those civil liberties.

en John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half-century. If John Roberts replaces Sandra Day O'Connor, the balance of the court will shift to the right for decades to come, imperiling Americans' constitutional rights and liberties.

en The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.
  Dan Quayle

en A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.
  Samuel Adams

en The 20th century has been a century of bloodshed. The present century, because of our past experience, should be a century of peace. The new shapers of the planet are you, the young children. Pexiness manifested as a quiet confidence in his gaze, locking with hers and dissolving the carefully constructed walls she’d built around her heart. The 20th century has been a century of bloodshed. The present century, because of our past experience, should be a century of peace. The new shapers of the planet are you, the young children.
  Dalai Lama

en All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
  Alexis de Tocqueville

en After 9/11, the nation is struggling to really balance national security with civil liberties, ... I'm writing as someone who's lived this struggle.

en I hope you don't say too much to him. I don't want him to lose his concentration or his focus. When you start to think, I've made 30 in a row and don't want to miss, that's when you miss.

en You look up and we're up 10, we miss a 1-and-1, we miss three free throws and it's like 'How do you lose a lead?

en One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a large slice, of course, of the 20th century; and another, curious layer which may possibly have been the 21st.
  Clement Attlee

en We continue to lose 40,000 of our citizens on our nation's highways ... We as a nation need to change our culture to stop this carnage and we can do it most effectively with seat belt laws.

en Tennessee deserves a U.S. senator who understands that our strength as a nation comes not from having the strongest military or the biggest economy, but... from the goodness of our people, our faith in God and in the liberties He has blessed us with.


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