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Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.
Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.
Approximate author period: c. 1957 AD · modern
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- Ronald Reagan
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- Approximate author period: c. 1957 AD · modern
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