William Ellery Channing, (1780-1842) American Unitarian preacher Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-8] of 8 William Ellery Channing quotesWilliam Ellery Channing QuotesWilliam Ellery Channing I call the mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content itself with a passive or hereditary faith...~ William Ellery Channing The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. If the doctrine be admitted, rulers have only to declare war and they are screened at once from scrutiny.~ William Ellery Channing The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the rights of others, and an unwillingness that any man, whether high or low, should be wronged and trampled under foot.~ William Ellery Channing Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.~ William Ellery Channing Knowledge is essential to freedom.~ William Ellery Channing The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.~ William Ellery Channing The only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues.~ William Ellery Channing Progress, the growth of power, is the end and boon of liberty; and, without this, a people may have the name, but want the substance and spirit of freedom.~ William Ellery Channing Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print