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Bill Clinton: “Law without freedom becomes tyranny; freedom without law becomes chaos.”

On the recordApril 27, 2000
Law without freedom becomes tyranny; freedom without law becomes chaos.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 7298—Law Day, U.S.A., 2000

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