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Liberty:one of imaginations most precious possessions.
Liberty:one of imaginations most precious possessions.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
Liberty, as it is concieved by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or read more
Liberty, as it is concieved by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behaviour.
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, read more
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
"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
Then liberty, like day,
Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven
Fires all the read more
Then liberty, like day,
Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven
Fires all the faculties with glorious joy.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is read more
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure.
Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their read more
Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty