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A government inspired by Liberty is as wide apart from Tyranny as Heaven from Hell.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “A government inspired by Liberty is as wide apart from Tyranny as Heaven from Hell.”
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Sumner contrasts a government inspired by liberty with tyranny, emphasizing their fundamental differences.
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