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.

My angel,--his name is Freedom,--
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and read more

My angel,--his name is Freedom,--
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and west,
And fend you with his wing.

One need not obey the rules
if he abandons a meaningless or cruel game.

One need not obey the rules
if he abandons a meaningless or cruel game.

The world's 'freeest'
country has the highest
number in prison.

The world's 'freeest'
country has the highest
number in prison.

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.

It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born
carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass.

It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born
carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass.

Hope for a season bade the world farewell,
And Freedom shrieked as Kosciusko fell!
. . . read more

Hope for a season bade the world farewell,
And Freedom shrieked as Kosciusko fell!
. . . .
O'er Prague's proud arch the fires of ruin glow.

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

. . . 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.