“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”

“How oft, in nations gone corrupt,And by their own devices brought down to servitude,That man chooses bondage before liberty.Bondage with ease before strenuous liberty.”

“Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. ”

“how wearisomEternity so spent in worship paidTo whom we hate. Let us not then pursueBy force impossible, by leave obtain'd Unacceptable, though in Heav'n, our stateOf splendid vassalage, but rather seekOur own good from our selves, and from our ownLive to our selves, though in this vast recess,Free, and to none accountable, preferring Hard liberty before the easie yokeOf servile Pomp”

“Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss.”

“Much of the Soul they talk, but all awry;And in themselves seek virtue; and to themselvesAll glory arrogate, to God give none”

“In discourse more sweet(For Eloquence the Soul, Song charms the Sense)Others apart sat on a hill retired,In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned highOf Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate-Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute,And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.Of good and evil much they argued then,Of happiness and final misery,Passion and apathy, and glory and shame:Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy!-Yet, with a pleasing sorcery, could charmPain for a while or anguish, and exciteFallacious hope, or arm th' obdurate breastWith stubborn patience as with triple steel.”