16 quotes found
"Let tyrants shake their iron rod, and slavery clank her galling chains. We fear them not, we trust in God."
"No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck."
"I am free! I have burst through my heavy chain, The life of young eagles is mine again!"
"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!"
"At times we see and struggle with our chain, And dream that somewhat we are freed, in vain; The mighty fetters close on us again."
"If there breathe on earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave? If ye do not feel the chain, When it works a brother's pain, Are ye not base slaves indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed?"
"True freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear."
"Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you are preparing your own limbs to wear them."
"[T]o be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
"Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains."
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."
"Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them."
"I must cease the casting of my own chains. I must cease the binding of my body. I must break the chains that bind me. I must also create a new self, a new reality, a new sense of justice, a new fate."
"Arguments don't break chains."
"Der Mensch ist frei geschaffen, ist frei Und würd' er in Ketten geboren."
"The dog has been taught to pay attention; as long as he pays attention, he may escape his chain."