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So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.
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.
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to read more
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord
is, there is liberty.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord
is, there is liberty.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;
And we are read more
'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;
And we are weeds without it.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.
The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.