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Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice. If they knew its charms, the dignity that accompanies it, how much a free man feels like a king, the perpetual inner light that is produced by decorous self-awareness and realization, perhaps there would be no greater friends of freedom than those who are its worst enemies. --Jose Marti

While possibly one of the greatest writers in the Hispanic World, I would have to disagree on the point he has raised above. In fact it is because the enemies of liberty truly understand its value, and its power that they seek to deny it to others. Imho unless you understand how precious something is, you would not expend untold effort to keep it locked away from the public. The reason dictators and militarists think this way is because they want to keep liberty for themselves and their population in social and mental shackles.