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.

Bred in the lap of Republican Freedom.

Bred in the lap of Republican Freedom.

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.

The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.

The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.

A hungry man is not a free man.

A hungry man is not a free man.

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal read more

A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

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.

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.