In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and
individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.
-- Kathleen Norris
individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.
-- Kathleen Norris
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-- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
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