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I am a lover of liberty. I will not and I cannot serve a party.
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Spongia adversus aspergines Hutteni (1523), § 176, As quoted in Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1900) by Ephraim Emerton, p. 377
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Variant: I am a lover of liberty. I cannot and will not serve parties.

 

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