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England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes
as to fetter the step of read more
England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes
as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this
youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of
Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of
Switzerland.
- Mrs. Lydia Maria Child,
If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the read more
If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
A man is either free or he is not.
A man is either free or he is not.
To freemen, threats are impotent.
[Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]
To freemen, threats are impotent.
[Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]
When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again.
When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again.
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in read more
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility--I welcome it.
. . . for righteous monarchs,
Justly to judge, with their own eyes should see;
To rule read more
. . . for righteous monarchs,
Justly to judge, with their own eyes should see;
To rule o'er freemen, should themselves be free.
