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He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides.
He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides.
I gave my life for freedom--This I know;
For those who bade me fight had told me so.
I gave my life for freedom--This I know;
For those who bade me fight had told me so.
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.
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.
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
Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to read more
Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate.
Men freely believe that which they desire.
Men freely believe that which they desire.
To be what no one ever was, To be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those Extremes read more
To be what no one ever was, To be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those Extremes that fence all effort in.