[Freedom is] not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.

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Thank God! we are in the full enjoyment of all these privileges. But can we be taught to prize them too much? or how can we prize them equal to their value, if we do not know their intrinsic worth, and that they are not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature?

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