A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone
or brass, it will beat read more

If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone
or brass, it will beat them down.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of read more

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.

Then liberty, like day,
Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven
Fires all the read more

Then liberty, like day,
Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven
Fires all the faculties with glorious joy.

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free.

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free.