Liberty Bell/early Days 1754-1846

Famous quotes containing the words liberty, bell, early and/or days:

    “When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “... no bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.”
    —William James (1842–1910)

    “No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “With the holders holding my hand nearing the call of the bird,
    Comrades mine and I in the midst, and their memory ever to keep, for the dead I loved so well,
    For the sweetest, wisest soul of all my days and
    lands—and this for his dear sake,
    Lilac and star and bird twined with the chant of my soul,
    There in the fragrant pines and the cedars dusk and dim.”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)