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Spencer Cox: “Freedom is not ours by way of inheritance. It must be fought…”

Featuring: Spencer Cox, Republican | Governor of Utah

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How to Disagree with Respect — Not Hate | Spencer J. Cox | TED

Published | Video Starts at 10:48

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women. Now, I started with a quote from Ronald Reagan. He went on to say that Freedom is not ours by way of inheritance. It must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation. For it comes only once to a people. And those in history who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again. (10:48–10:58)

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Asserts that freedom requires active defense and cannot be taken for granted.

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