“Manus haec inimica tyrannis ense petit placidam sub libertate quietam” [“This hand of mine, hostile to tyrants, seeks peace by the sword, but only under liberty”] – Algernon Sidney’s “Book of Mottoes“, circa 1659. (Also the original but unofficial Massachusetts state motto.)
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