Freedom all solace to man gives:
He lives at ease that freely lives.

Freedom all solace to man gives:
He lives at ease that freely lives.

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?

Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than read more

Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.

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.

O what a loud and fearful shriek was there!
. . .
Ah me! they view'd beneath read more

O what a loud and fearful shriek was there!
. . .
Ah me! they view'd beneath an hireling's sword
Fallen Kosciusco.

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.

While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.

No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage read more

No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

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.

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.