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)

    The one who should remove the bell is the one who hung it up.
    Chinese proverb.

    The counting-room maxims liberally expounded are laws of the Universe. The merchant’s economy is a coarse symbol of the soul’s economy. It is, to spend for power, and not for pleasure.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)