Adam Smith (1723–1790) Scottish moral philosopher and political economist
Source: (1776), Book IV, Chapter VII, Part Third, p. 667.
“We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers.”
Book I, Chapter 11.
Books, Coningsby (1844), The Young Duke (1831)
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Earl Warren (1891–1974) United States federal judge
United States v. Robel (1967) - Findlaw file http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=389&invol=258 <br class="br">Context: This concept of "national defense" cannot be deemed an end in itself, justifying any exercise of legislative power designed to promote such a goal. Implicit in the term "national defense" is the notion of defending those values and ideals which set this Nation apart. For almost two centuries, our country has taken singular pride in the democratic ideals enshrined in its Constitution, and the most cherished of those ideals have found expression in the First Amendment. It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties — the freedom of association — which make the defense of our nation worthwhile.
Samuel Adams (1722–1803) American statesman, Massachusetts governor, and political philosopher
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Winston S. Churchill book The Second World War
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Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
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1890s
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
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Speech to the Royal Society of St George (23 April 1933), Winston Churchill, Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches (A&C Black, 2013), p. 402
The 1930s
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