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We grant no dukedoms to the few,
We hold like rights and shall;
Equal on Sunday in read more

We grant no dukedoms to the few,
We hold like rights and shall;
Equal on Sunday in the pew,
On Monday in the mall.
For what avail the plough or sail,
Or land, or life, if freedom fail?

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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For Freedom's battle once begun,
Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft is ever won.

For Freedom's battle once begun,
Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft is ever won.

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He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.

He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

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I am as free as nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
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I am as free as nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
When wild in woods the noble savage ran.

by John Dryden Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

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Without free speech no search for truth is possible… no discovery of truth is useful… Better a thousandfold abuse of read more

Without free speech no search for truth is possible… no discovery of truth is useful… Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race.

by Charles Bradlaugh Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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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.

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