Being, belief and reason are pure relations, which cannot be dealt with absolutely, and are not things but pure scholastic concepts, signs for understanding, not for worshipping, aids to awaken our attention, not to fetter it. Johann Georg Hamann
England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland. Lydia Maria Child
A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people. To allow it to be fettered is to fetter ourselves. George Sutherland
Clara: I will speak softly, till our gathered strength Finds in its union voice. Ah, no delay! The tyranny that dared to fetter wears A midnight dagger. Letitia Elizabeth Landon
It is well to fetter the wings of our fancy and restrain its flights. Edward E. Barnard