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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty power is ever stealing from the many to the few.

Wendell Phillips

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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
Jurist
Lawyer
Politician
Boston
Massachusetts
Price
Eternal
Liberty
Power
Ever
Many
Vigilance
Stealing

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