Quote#Freedom
Liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty…
Quote byWilliam Penn · 1644–1718
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted in Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn : Who Settled the State of Pennsylvania, and Founded the City of Philadelphia (1827) by S. C. Stevens, p. 117.
English (original)
Liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.
— William Penn
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