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For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands.

For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands.

John Milton
Men, Hands, Liberty
John Milton (1851). “The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Biographical Introduction”, p.245

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

John Milton
Freedom, Giving, Liberty
'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 34

how wearisom Eternity so spent in worship paid To whom we hate. Let us not then pursue By force impossible, by leave obtain'd Unacceptable, though in Heav'n, our state Of splendid vassalage, but rather seek Our own good from our selves, and from our own Live to our selves, though in this vast recess, Free, and to none accountable, preferring Hard liberty before the easie yoke Of servile Pomp

John Milton
Hate, Self, Liberty
John Milton (2012). “Paradise Lost: Parallel Prose Edition”, p.66, Broadview Press

When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.

John Milton
Wise, Men, Liberty
'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 1

But what more oft in nations grown corrupt, And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty.

John Milton
Liberty, Apathy, Ease
"The Poetical Works. A New Ed. Carefully Rev. from the Text of Thomas Newton. With Illustr. by William Harvey".

The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious.

John Milton
Men, Atheism, Liberty
John Milton (2012). “John Milton Prose: Major Writings on Liberty, Politics, Religion, and Education”, p.680, John Wiley & Sons

The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.

John Milton
Sweet, Nymphs, Liberty
'L'Allegro' (1645) l. 31

Behold now this vast city [London]; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with His protection.

John Milton
Cities, House, Liberty
'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 31

How oft, in nations gone corrupt, And by their own devices brought down to servitude, That man chooses bondage before liberty. Bondage with ease before strenuous liberty.

John Milton
Men, Liberty, Gone

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