I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.

I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.

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.

Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.

Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect
everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect
everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will
preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that
force, you are inevitably ruined.

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

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

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants.

It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants.

Yes, while I stood and gazed, my temples bare,
And shot my being through earth, sea, and air,
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Yes, while I stood and gazed, my temples bare,
And shot my being through earth, sea, and air,
Possessing all things with intensest love,
O liberty! my spirit felt thee there.

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to read more

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.