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For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
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.
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.
When Liberty from Greece withdrew,
And o'er the Adriatic flew,
To where the Tiber pours his urn,
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When Liberty from Greece withdrew,
And o'er the Adriatic flew,
To where the Tiber pours his urn,
She struck the rude Tarpeian rock;
Sparks were kindled by the shock--
Again thy fires began to burn.
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
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.
A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;
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'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;
And we are weeds without it.
