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),
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The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal -- well-meaning but without understanding.
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal -- well-meaning but without understanding.
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants
thereof.
Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants
thereof.
My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.
He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.
A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
