what does a nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century means to you?

Answer 1

To me it means that what will be immediately missed by the people who lost their freedoms in a day will not be remembered by those a hundred years later because they have never experienced that degree of freedom. Like the saying, "Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it."

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Answer 2

~Let me see if I can sum this one up in 3 little words.
Ah, I've got it:


THE PATRIOT ACT