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"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our read more
"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It will bring a mark of everlasting infamy on the present generation – enlightened as it is – if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of designing men." -Samuel Adams
We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free.
We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free.
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.
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.
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
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.
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.
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
