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An unbroken horse erects his mane, paws the ground and starts back impetuously at the sight of the bridle; while one which is properly trained suffers...more

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Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

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Liberty is like rich food and strong wine: the strong natures accustomed to them thrive and grow even stronger on them; but they deplete, inebriate an...more

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Man was born free and everywhere he is in shackles.

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Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

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Liberty is like those solid and tasty foods or those full-bodied wines which are appropriate for nourishing and strengthening robust constitutions tha...more

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You will never be free as long as there remains one Russian soldier in Poland and your freedom will always be threatened as long as Russia interferes ...more

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I know that [civilized men] do nothing but boast incessantly of the peace and repose they enjoy in their chains.... But when I see [barbarous man] sac...more

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Even the soberest judged it requisite to sacrifice one part of their liberty to ensure the other, as a man, dangerously wounded in any of his limbs, r...more

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Political writers argue in regard to the love of liberty with the same philosophy that philosophers do in regard to the state of nature; by the things...more

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The word ‘slavery’ and ‘right’ are contradictory, they cancel each other out. Whether as between one man and another, or between one man and a whole p...more

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To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties.

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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.

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Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered." (Bk2:8)