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Quote from Sir James MacKintosh,


"It is not because we have been free,
but because we have a right to be free,
that we ought to demand freedom.
Justice and liberty have neither
birth nor race, youth nor age."


By:

Sir James MacKintosh (more quotes by Sir James MacKintosh or books by/about Sir James MacKintosh)


(1765-1832) Scottish historian and statesman

Source:

Vindicae Gallicae, 1791

Categories:

Duty, Freedom, Honor, Individual Rights, Justice, Liberty, Responsibility, Rights

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