I should, I think, have loved Liberty at all times, but in the times in which we live I feel inclined to adore it.… There is no legislator sufficiently wise and sufficiently powerful to maintain free institutions, if he does not take Equality for first principle and symbol.
Sumner expresses his deep admiration for liberty and emphasizes the importance of equality in maintaining free institutions.
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