Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,
For there thy habitation is the heart--
The heart which love of thee alone can bind;
And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd--
To fetters and damp vault's dayless gloom,
Their country conquers with their martyrdom.
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),
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Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord
is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord
is, there is liberty.
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
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.
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal -- well-meaning but without understanding.
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal -- well-meaning but without understanding.
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.
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.
As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its
friends. Liberty in the wild and read more
As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its
friends. Liberty in the wild and freakish hands of fanatics has
once more, as frequently in the past, proved the effective
helpmate of autocracy and the twin-brother of tyranny.
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
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.
