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A hungry man is not a free man.
A hungry man is not a free man.
Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.
Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.
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.
The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.
The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.
You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark read more
You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?
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.
Those who are used to a cage
will weep for a cage.
Those who are used to a cage
will weep for a cage.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.
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.