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What were some of the principles and structures of good government espoused by the patriot writers and philosophers that help achieve true liberty? which idea do you find the most revolutionary?

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Those writers and philosophers concluded that true liberty was the ability to balance freedom of action with order and restraint. Indeed, too much freedom fostered anarchy, too much restraint led to tyranny. Only by practicing self-restraint one can get used freedom more. 
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