I own myself the friend to a very free system of commerce, and hold it as a truth, that commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive and impolitic.
It is more difficult by far to be independent of our own inner shackles than it is of the shackles that others might place upon us.
I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.
The greatest shackles we bear in thislife are those forged by our own fears
Memories are not shackles, Franklin, they are garlands.
This nation's impulse is toward the future, and tradition seems more of a shackle to it than an inspiration.
Habit: A shackle for the free.
It is great To do that thing that ends all other deeds, Which shackles accidents and bolts up change.
Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power.
It's time to believe again in the potential of private enterprise set free from the shackles of over-bearing federal government.