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Quote from Charles T. Sprading,

The history of civilized man is the history of the incessant conflict between liberty and authority. Each victory for liberty marked a new step in the world's progress; so we can measure the advance of civilization by the amount of freedom acquired by human institutions.



By:

Charles T. Sprading (more quotes by Charles T. Sprading or books by/about Charles T. Sprading)


(1871-1959) Libertarian activist, writer

Source:

Charles T. Sprading's Introduction to Liberty and the Great Libertarians; An Anthology On Liberty; A Hand-book Of Freedom (Los Angeles: The Libertarian Publishing Company, 1913)

Categories:

Democracy, Oppression, Politics

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