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John Dryden Quotes about Liberty

Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind.

Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind.

John Dryden (1870). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden”, p.230

The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.

John Dryden, George Gilfillan (1857). “Poetical Works: With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes”

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

John Dryden, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of John Dryden”