To do good whenever one can, ...

To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne.
To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne.
 Ludwig van Beethoven

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

Quotes from the same author

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
 Ludwig van Beethoven
She was such a good loving mother, my best friend. Oh, who was happier than I when I could still say the dear name "Mother," and it was heard, and whom can I say it to now?
 Ludwig van Beethoven
The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'
 Ludwig van Beethoven
How glad I am to be able to roam in the wood and thicket, among trees and flowers and rocks ... in the country, every tree seems to speak to me, saying, "Holy! Holy", in the woods, there is enchantment which expresses all things.
 Ludwig van Beethoven
Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.
 Ludwig van Beethoven