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Liberty's in every blow!
Let us do or die.
Liberty's in every blow!
Let us do or die.
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;
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'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;
And we are weeds without it.
My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.
Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.