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For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands.

John Milton
Men, Hands, Liberty
John Milton (1851). “The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Biographical Introduction”, p.245
For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands.