Liberty Bell/becoming A Symbol 1847%e2%80%931865

Famous quotes containing the words liberty, bell and/or symbol:

    When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.
    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)

    I go, and it is done; the bell invites me.
    Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
    That summons thee to heaven, or to hell.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)