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,

I want free life, and I want fresh air;
And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,
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I want free life, and I want fresh air;
And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,
The crack of the whip like shots in battle,
The medley of horns, and hoofs, and heads
That wars, and wrangles, and scatters and spreads;
The green beneath and the blue above,
And dash, and danger, and life and love.

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to read more

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate.

Here the free spirit of mankind, at length,
Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place
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Here the free spirit of mankind, at length,
Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place
A limit to the giant's unchained strength,
Or curb his swiftness in the forward race?

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

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

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

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also read more

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free.