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So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of
tyrants.
[Fr., L'arbre de la liberte read more
The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of
tyrants.
[Fr., L'arbre de la liberte ne croit qu'arrose par le sang des
tyrans.]
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.
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
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.
Liberty:one of imaginations most precious possessions.
Liberty:one of imaginations most precious possessions.