Safeguards

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of safeguard form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of safeguard form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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precautionadvocateaegisarmarm guardarmament

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"The founding fathers established safeguards against all the forms of concentrated power they knew about: the church, the state, the mob; but they didn't know about corporations."

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