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There has never been upon the earth a generation of free men and women. It is not yet time to write a creed.
The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child (1877)
The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellow-men.
The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child (1877)
The king said that mankind must not work for themselves. The priest said that mankind must not think for themselves. One forged chains for the hands, the other for the soul.
The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child (1877)
Wait until the world is free before you write a creed.
In this creed there will be but one word — Liberty.
The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child (1877)
I simply claim that what ideas I have, I have a right to express; and that any man who denies that right to me is an intellectual thief and robber. That is all.
The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child (1877)
There is no slavery but ignorance. Liberty is the child of intelligence.
The history of man is simply the history of slavery, of injustice and brutality, together with the means by which he has, through the dead and desolate years, slowly and painfully advanced.
The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child (1877)