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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
To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it read more
To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne.
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.
Yet we can maintain a free society only if we recognize that in a free society no one can win read more
Yet we can maintain a free society only if we recognize that in a free society no one can win all the time. No one can have his own way all the time, and no one is right all the time.
Men fight for freedom, then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves.
Men fight for freedom, then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves.
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires
Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.
Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.
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.
Freedom rings where opinions clash.
Freedom rings where opinions clash.
