Langston HughesLIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
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The best way to know if someone knows what the words "liberty", "freedom" or "democracy" mean is to ask them what they think they mean. If they don't offer a definition, that's a pretty good indication that they don't know what those words mean. If you can't define liberty, freedom or democracy to yourself, how can you expect the world to have a very clear understanding of what those terms mean?
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