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If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
W. Somerset Maugham
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If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too. — W. Somerset Maugham

About W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham was a Playwright from United Kingdom (1874–1965).

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This quote is attributed to W. Somerset Maugham, a Playwright from United Kingdom.
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W. Somerset Maugham lived from 1874 – 1965.
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