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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 is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.
Liberty is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.
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),
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
"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
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.
For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.
For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.
