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Quote from Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,


"Liberty is the soul’s right to breathe and,
when it cannot take a long breath,
laws are girdled too tight."


By:

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (more quotes by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher or books by/about Rev. Henry Ward Beecher)


(1813-1887) American abolitionist, clergyman

Source:

Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887

Categories:

Law, Liberty, Oppression, Slavery

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