I just finished reading Learned Hand's "Spirit of Liberty" speech delivered in Central Park in 1944. A lot of it rings so true that I must reference it here for you all to read.

Learned Hand's Spirit of Liberty Speech

The part that rings so true to me: "the spirit of liberty is the spirit of Him who, near two thousand years ago, taught mankind that lesson it has never learned but never quite forgotten; that there may be a kingdom where the least shall be heard and considered side by side with the greatest. "