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Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.
Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of read more
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of
industry and economy.
The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of
industry and economy.
What light is to the eyes--what air is to the lungs--what love is to the heart, liberty is to the read more
What light is to the eyes--what air is to the lungs--what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that
peoples our forests with assassins.
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To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that
peoples our forests with assassins.
[Fr., Rendre l'homme infame, et le laisser libre, est une
absurdite qui peuple nos forets d'assassins.]
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),
My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
