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I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to read more
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
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.
Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.
Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
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.]
He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.
He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.
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.
