Quote#Freedom
Men fight for liberty, and win it with hard knocks. Their children,…
Quote byD. H. Lawrence · 1885–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poem, "Liberty's old story" in Pansies (Third typing, ribbon copy - 231 poems, c. 11-28 February 1929).
English (original)
Men fight for liberty, and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.
— D. H. Lawrence
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