The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

Edmund Burke

1784

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Relinquishing freedom Freedom

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1784 Age of Enlightenment

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Edmund Burke

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Burke, Edmund. "Speech at a County Meeting of Buckinghamshire." 1784, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

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