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Cost of liberty

Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost.

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Author Greg RavenPosted on May 9, 2015November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories libertyTags Robert A. Heinlein

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