"Only the educated are free" — Epiktet

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains

Source: The Social Contract, book 1 (1762)

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul

Source: The Spectator, no. 215 (1711)

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on

Source: In a Balcony (1855)

The only security of all is in a free press

Source: Letter to Lafayette (Nov. 4, 1823)

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves

Source: Letter to H. L. Pierce (Apr. 6, 1859)

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