liberty
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Sheriff Morag McLaughlin deferred sentence for a criminal justice social work report and restriction of liberty order assessment.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Eldridge from 1976, in which the Supreme Court stated that due process is flexible depending on the extent of the liberty or property interest at stake.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
Before going on liberty during a port call, sailors receive extensive safety briefings, including how to avoid getting drawn in by foreign intelligence services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Our Founders valued liberty so much they would rather have died as free men than live under a tyrant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Defenders of the Constitution, then and now, have saluted it as a sensible accommodation of liberty to power and a realistic compromise with the requirements of a national domain.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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In making his cheerful case, Mr. Wigglesworth takes some liberties with hallowed texts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
You may not get everything you want, but we should all agree that the civil rights and liberties the founding fathers sought to enshrine in our Constitution must be defended.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
An accuracy check on that Bourdain biopic: We’ve mentioned here before that Slate’s movie critic loved Tony—but how true is the film, and what liberties did it take with the facts?
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Patterson and editor Patrick J. Smith interweave scenes of intrigue and shocking violence, take liberties with Amziah’s storytelling asides and give us barn-burning musical sequences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
You have already agreed that this letter raises questions like the rights of freedom, civil liberties, and so on?
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Vocabulary lists containing liberty
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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The Bill of Rights
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Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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