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Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.
Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.
The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not too sure that it is right.
The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not too sure that it is right.
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
Give me liberty, or give me death.
Give me liberty, or give me death.
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and 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.
Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,
For there thy habitation is read more
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),