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    You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?

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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.

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For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects read more

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

by Nelson Mandela Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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Once freedom lights its beacon in a man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.

Once freedom lights its beacon in a man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.

by Jean-paul Sartre Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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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?

by William Cullen Bryant Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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Freedom rings where opinions clash.

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

by Adlai E. Stevenson Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes
as to fetter the step of read more

England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes
as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this
youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of
Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of
Switzerland.
- Mrs. Lydia Maria Child,

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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.

by Emile Faguet Found in: Freedom Quotes, Sheep Quotes,
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We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free.

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free.

by Ronald Reagan Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

by Albert Camus Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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