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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 liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our read more
"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It will bring a mark of everlasting infamy on the present generation – enlightened as it is – if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of designing men." -Samuel Adams
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
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.
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
