Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page Robert Browning Quote “So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.” ~ Robert Browning (1812-1889) English poet, playwright Freedom , Slavery Ratings and Comments Reply Mike, Norwalk 1/5/12 For those who have eyes to see and, ears to hear, the shackles of the despot masters are known. The at mind and heart helots, serfs, and slaves, clamoring for bread and circus, are fettered fast to scraps from their master's table (from pauper to corporate CEO). Reply cal, lewisville, TX 1/5/12 We have given you a republic, if you can keep it. Ben Franklin Reply jim k, Austin, Tx 1/5/12 And every 2, 4,and 6 years we get to choose new masters. Reply E Archer, NYC 1/5/12 Freedom is relative to one's needs and one's ability to provide for those needs. We are born dependent upon our parents until we are able to provide for ourselves. I have always looked forward to growing up and living my own life -- perhaps one day the world will let me. ;-) Reply Kimo, USA 1/5/12 I think in this guy was in my dream last night. Just goes to show, true is true, time has no relevance when it comes to freedom Reply William Jones, Albuquerqe, NM 1/5/12 I KNOW that the sole function of Lincoln's unconstitutional legal tender acts was/is to take labor and property without payment and his contemporary, Horace Greeley said Lincoln's money system was "no less cruel than the old system of chatle slavery." With credit existing only in minds, the Federal Reserve said their sustem "works (us) only with credit, they must control most minds to work all of us only with credit." Don't you and most others believe falsely that government spends money when no branch of government spends a dime or pays anyone for anything? We have perpetual warfare because soldiers and suppliers pretend they are paid with paper. Hosea 4:6 www.morpix.biz/x4 SaveOk2 SaveOk2 View CommentsClick to view or comment. Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print This Robert Browning quote is found in these categories: Freedom quotes Slavery quotes About Robert Browning Bio of Robert Browning Quotations by Robert Browning Books by/about Robert Browning Robert Browning videos Robert Browning on Wikipedia Astrological chart for Robert Browning