Isaiah BerlinFreedom for the wolves has often meant death to the sheep.
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When the wolf comes to eat the sheep, what do you think he is looking for? A tender spot. He wants to rend the sheep into small pieces. The sheep are simply too big for him to eat whole. So he goes after the tender spots.
And this is just what liberty does to people. It places them in places where they can be torn to pieces by others or by their own thoughts.
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