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>"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigil
by basilgohar 8y ago
>"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt." – John Philpot Curran: Speech upon the Right of Election for Lord Mayor of Dublin, 1790. (Speeches. Dublin, 1808.) as quoted in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philpot_Curran#Quotations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philpot_Curran#Quotations
- 794CD01 8y agoAnyone can find a quote that says anything. >"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever." - George Orwell: 1984, 1949. Welp, guess that's it for freedom. A person from the past wrote something. No more for us to do here.