The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree. – Rabindranath Tagore

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Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. – Billy Graham

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Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. – Walter Lippmann

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O God of earth and altar,
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die;
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
But take away our pride. – G. K. Chesterton

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