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" The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws. "

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" Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul. "

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" O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself. "

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" When I give I give myself. "

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