Quote#Freedom
Chivalry!-why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high…
Quote byWalter Scott · 1771–1832
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ivanhoe (1819), Ch. 29, Ivanhoe explains to Rebecca the virtues of chivalry..
English (original)
Chivalry!-why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection-the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant-Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.
— Walter Scott
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