James Madison - Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an...

Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without<br/>which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to<br/>abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because<br/>it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation<br/>of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to<br/>fire its destructive agency.

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Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without<br/>which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to<br/>abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because<br/>it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation<br/>of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to<br/>fire its destructive agency. James Madison
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