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  1. Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.

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  2. Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime...

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  3. At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have prevailed by associating themselves with auxili…

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