Rudyard Kipling Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"All we have of freedom -- all we use or know --
This our fathers bought for us, long and long ago."

by:	Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) Britich author, poet
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Freedom is inalienable beyond the gifts of our fathers but, as for poetic impact and the referenced simplicity, I'd like to rate it 10. -- Mike, Norwalk
Our founders did buy freedom for us in the political sense which hadn't been so since the Israelites under Moses. My thanks goes out to our founders. -- Anon
Our entire legal system is based on loose interpretation of a Constitution written with the wisdom of the ages. These interpretations are used as tools to further government control and largesse. At what point will we be forced to re-invent ourselves? -- J Carlton, Calgary
Our founders gave us the Constitution, the greatest of man made contracts. The current class of misfits in Washington consider it as a bump in the road to socialism. -- jim k, Austin
"A republic, if you can keep it."-Ben Franklin -- cal, lewisville, tx
Bought with blood. Sold for trinkets. -- Ken, Allyn, WA
No matter what our forefathers have fought and died for, the responsibility for being free always rests with the living. -- E Archer, NYC