Quotation by

Wendell Phillips

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty power is ever stealing from the many to the few.

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To keep freedom, people must constantly watch and protect their rights because those in control often try to take more power for themselves. If citizens become careless, the few who hold power will gradually take it away from the majority.

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