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 Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work 
and in that work does what read more 
 Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work 
and in that work does what he wants to do. 
We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, read more
We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, and we never get rid of it until we reach our graves. Then we are free, and only then.
 Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea!
 Jehovah hath triumphed--his people are free.
   - Lord read more 
 Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea!
 Jehovah hath triumphed--his people are free.
   - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), 
 I am as free as nature first made man,
 Ere the base laws of servitude began,
  When read more 
 I am as free as nature first made man,
 Ere the base laws of servitude began,
  When wild in woods the noble savage ran. 
 Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence;
 The last result of wisdom stamps it true;
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 Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence;
 The last result of wisdom stamps it true;
  He only earns his freedom and existence
   Who daily conquers them anew. 
Men freely believe that which they desire.
Men freely believe that which they desire.
We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest read more
We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.
 Hereditary bondsmen! Know ye not
 Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?  
 Hereditary bondsmen! Know ye not
 Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? 
A man is either free or he is not.
A man is either free or he is not.