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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is read more
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure.
Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
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.
 A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty
 Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.  
 A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty
 Is worth a whole eternity in bondage. 
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
 Liberty's in every blow!
 Let us do or die.  
 Liberty's in every blow!
 Let us do or die. 
Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
 When Liberty from Greece withdrew,
 And o'er the Adriatic flew,
  To where the Tiber pours his urn,
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 When Liberty from Greece withdrew,
 And o'er the Adriatic flew,
  To where the Tiber pours his urn,
   She struck the rude Tarpeian rock;
    Sparks were kindled by the shock--
     Again thy fires began to burn. 
 Yes, while I stood and gazed, my temples bare,
 And shot my being through earth, sea, and air,
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 Yes, while I stood and gazed, my temples bare,
 And shot my being through earth, sea, and air,
  Possessing all things with intensest love,
   O liberty! my spirit felt thee there.