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.

For Freedom's battle once begun,
Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft is ever won.

For Freedom's battle once begun,
Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft is ever won.

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.

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

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.

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?

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?

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.