Whatever natural right men ...

Whatever natural right men may have to freedom and independency, it is manifest that some men have a natural ascendency over others.
Whatever natural right men may have to freedom and independency, it is manifest that some men have a natural ascendency over others.
 Sir Fulke Greville

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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.

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As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men.
 Sir Fulke Greville