Those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control

William Paul Young
Those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot...
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The author of this quote, John F. Kennedy, was speaking about the danger of trying to keep laws too strictly for your own good.

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