Every sane man recognises that unlimited liberty is anarchy, or rather…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Every sane man recognises that unlimited liberty is anarchy, or rather is nonentity. The civic idea of liberty is to give the citizen a province of liberty; a limitation within which a citizen is a king.
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