Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes about Liberty

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Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.

Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

New Relationship, Essence, Liberty

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1994). “The Selected Poetry and Prose of Shelley”, p.74, Wordsworth Editions

Songs consecrate to truth and liberty.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Song, Liberty

'The Waning Moon'

What if English toil and blood Was poured forth, even as a flood? It availed, Oh, Liberty, To dim, but not extinguish thee.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Blood, What If, Liberty

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1842). “The Masque of Anarchy: To which is Added, Queen Liberty; Song--to the Men of England”, p.18

Every fanatic or enemy of virtue is not at liberty to misrepresent the greatest geniuses and most heroic defenders of all that is valuable in this mortal world.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Atheist, Enemy, Liberty

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1859). “Shelley Memorials: From Authentic Sources : Now First Printed”, p.274