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Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our read more
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free.
We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of
tyrants.
[Fr., L'arbre de la liberte read more
The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of
tyrants.
[Fr., L'arbre de la liberte ne croit qu'arrose par le sang des
tyrans.]
Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,
For there thy habitation is read more
Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,
For there thy habitation is the heart--
The heart which love of thee alone can bind;
And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd--
To fetters and damp vault's dayless gloom,
Their country conquers with their martyrdom.
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to read more
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.