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Real freedom is freedom from fear, and unless you can live from fear, you cannot live a dignified human life.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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Aung San Suu Kyi. Undated interview with the BBC. c. 1970.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to James Currie. 28 Jan. 1786.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "Letter to James Currie, 28 Jan. 1786." The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Julian P. Boyd. Vol. 9, Princeton University Press, 1954.

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

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Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Peter Carr. 22 June 1792.

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Adams, John. Thoughts on Government, Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776.

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Adams, John. "Thoughts on Government, Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies, April 1776." John Adams: Revolutionary Writings 1775-1783, edited by Gordon S. Wood. Library of America, 2011.

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Monroe, James. "Second Inaugural Address." 5 Mar. 1821, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Churchill, Winston Spencer. The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War. London: Pearson Longman, 1898, ch. 16.

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Churchill, Winston Spencer. The Story of the Malakand Field Force. Dover Publications, 2010, ch. 16.

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Jackson, Andrew. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1833, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1801, Senate Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Reagan, Ronald. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 1985, United States Capitol rotunda, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to John Norvell. 14 June 1807.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "John Norvell, 14 June 1807." The Portable Thomas Jefferson, edited by Merrill D. Peterson. Penguin Classics, 1977.

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Kennedy, John F. Address to the United Nations. United Nations General Assembly meeting. 25 Sept. 1961, New York City, NY, USA.

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Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to the Republican Citizens of Washington County, Maryland. 31 Mar. 1809.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. Commencement speech. 28 June 1905, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1861, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugral Address, March 4, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1801, Senate Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Jefferson, Thomas [published anonymously]. Notes on the State of Virginia. Paris: Philippe Denis Pierres, 1785, query 19.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia, edited by Frank Shuffelton. Penguin Classics, 1998, query 19.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "The Sub-Treasury: Speech at a Political Discussion." 26 Dec. 1839, Hall of the House of Representatives, Springfield, IL, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech on the Sub-Treasury at Springfield, Illinois, December 26, 1839." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Address to Conference of International Labor Organization. Conference of International Labor Organization. 17 May 1944, Washington, DC, USA.