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“Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet real activity. The longing for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence.”
—Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (17671835)
“Chippenhook was the home of Judge Theophilus Harrington, known for his trenchant reply to an irate slave-owner in a runaway slave case. Judge Harrington declared that the owners claim to the slave was defective. The owner indignantly demanded to know what was lacking in his legally sound claim. The Judge exploded, A bill of sale, sir, from God Almighty!”
—For the State of Vermont, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
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