My claim is that we should focus on the values of liberty... If there is not government to insist on those values, then who ... The single unifying force should be that we govern ourselves. (Lawrence Lessig)

My claim is that we should focus on the values of liberty... If there is not government to insist on those values, then who ... The single unifying force should be that we govern ourselves.

Lawrence Lessig

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