Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline. Should we persistently fail to discipline ourselves, eventually there will be increasing pressure on government to redress the failure. By that process freedom will step by step disappear.

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) American general, US President (1953-61)
State of the Union Address (1957)

 
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