It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
Category: liberty
Abuse of power
Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
Silent encroachments
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.