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 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 include the freedom to make mistakes.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
 Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
 Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.  
 Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
 Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind. 
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in read more
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility--I welcome it.
When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again.
When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again.
The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is read more
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
Without free speech no search for truth is possible… no discovery of truth is useful… Better a thousandfold abuse of read more
Without free speech no search for truth is possible… no discovery of truth is useful… Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race.