Quote#Freedom
Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without…
Quote byCharles Sumner · 1811–1874
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Crime Against Kansas speech (May 19-20, 1856).
English (original)
Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much, when I declare that security, guarded of course by its offspring, freedom, is the true end and aim of government.
— Charles Sumner
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