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So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.
He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.
Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.
Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, read more
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
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.]
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is
the greatest of all possible evils; for it read more
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is
the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and
madness, without tuition or restraint.
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
