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    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,

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Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

by Theodor Adorno Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

by William Faulkner Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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Those who are used to a cage
will weep for a cage.

Those who are used to a cage
will weep for a cage.

by Yevgeny Yevtushenko Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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He who is brave is free.

He who is brave is free.

by Seneca Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal read more

A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

by Anonymous Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought

by Pope John Paul Ii Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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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?

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Here the free spirit of mankind, at length,
Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place
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Here the free spirit of mankind, at length,
Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place
A limit to the giant's unchained strength,
Or curb his swiftness in the forward race?

by William Cullen Bryant Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage read more

No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

by Ronald Reagan Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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