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To: ProgressingAmerica
To paraphrase:

The more one witnesses the absence of liberty, the more one values liberty.

or:

The love of liberty is directly proportional to the comprehension of tyranny.

Maybe someone else can do better than that.
6 posted on 08/31/2019 8:43:42 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Was the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency liberty's last gasp? Big Brother is watching you.)
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To: Savage Beast
"To paraphrase: The more one witnesses the absence of liberty, the more one values liberty. or: The love of liberty is directly proportional to the comprehension of tyranny."

Maybe someone else can do better than that.

"To those who have fought for it, Freedom (sometimes "Life" is inserted here) bears a savor the protected will never know."

anon - written on a Marine's camouflage helmet cover in Vietnam, 1968-69

7 posted on 08/31/2019 9:48:36 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ( crawl up inside the)
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