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For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?
For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?
The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born
carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass.
It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born
carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass.
Hereditary bondsmen! Know ye not
Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?
Hereditary bondsmen! Know ye not
Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?
Hope for a season bade the world farewell,
And Freedom shrieked as Kosciusko fell!
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Hope for a season bade the world farewell,
And Freedom shrieked as Kosciusko fell!
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O'er Prague's proud arch the fires of ruin glow.
One need not obey the rules
if he abandons a meaningless or cruel game.
One need not obey the rules
if he abandons a meaningless or cruel game.
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
To be what no one ever was, To be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those Extremes read more
To be what no one ever was, To be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those Extremes that fence all effort in.