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

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

    “The internal effects of a mutable policy ... poisons the blessings of liberty itself.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    “His are the quiet steeps of dreamland,
    The waters of no-more-pain;
    His ram’s bell rings ‘neath an arch of stars,
    “Rest, rest, and rest again.””
    —Walter De La Mare (1873–1956)

    “Whether he admits it or not, a man has been brought up to look at money as a sign of his virility, a symbol of his power, a bigger phallic symbol than a Porsche.”
    —Victoria Billings (b. 1945)