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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),
Liberty is the right to do as the law permits.
Liberty is the right to do as the law permits.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone
or brass, it will beat read more
If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone
or brass, it will beat them down.
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.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.
The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.