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Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.
Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.
To freemen, threats are impotent.
[Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]
To freemen, threats are impotent.
[Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects read more
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides.
He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides.
Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence;
The last result of wisdom stamps it true;
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Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence;
The last result of wisdom stamps it true;
He only earns his freedom and existence
Who daily conquers them anew.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal read more
A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
My angel,--his name is Freedom,--
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and read more
My angel,--his name is Freedom,--
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and west,
And fend you with his wing.