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Shackles Quotes

Habit: A shackle for the free.

Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.157, ReadHowYouWant.com

The greatest shackles we bear in thislife are those forged by our own fears

Richard Paul Evans (2001). “The Christmas Box Miracle: My Spiritual Journey of Destiny, Healing and Hope”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

It is more difficult by far to be independent of our own inner shackles than it is of the shackles that others might place upon us.

R.A. Salvatore (2009). “The Lone Drow: The Hunter's Blades Trilogy”, p.171, Wizards of the Coast

Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.

Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

I own myself the friend to a very free system of commerce, and hold it as a truth, that commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive and impolitic.

James Madison, David B. Mattern (1997). “James Madison's "Advice to My Country"”, p.21, University of Virginia Press

Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power.

Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.219, Rowman & Littlefield