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So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants.
It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants.
It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of read more
It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
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.
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.]
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our read more
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
