England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes
as to fetter the step of read more

England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes
as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this
youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of
Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of
Switzerland.
- Mrs. Lydia Maria Child,

Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.

Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.

I am as free as nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
When read more

I am as free as nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
When wild in woods the noble savage ran.

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose the consequences of your actions

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose the consequences of your actions

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in read more

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility--I welcome it.

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.