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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.
A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.
For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.
Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,
For there thy habitation is read more
Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,
For there thy habitation is the heart--
The heart which love of thee alone can bind;
And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd--
To fetters and damp vault's dayless gloom,
Their country conquers with their martyrdom.
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.
He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.
