“Freedom is best, I tell thee true, of all things to be won.”
As quoted in William Wallace, Guardian of Scotland (1948) by Sir James Fergusson, p. 4
Context: My Son, Freedom is best, I tell thee true, of all things to be won. Then never live within the Bond of Slavery.
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Dico Tibi Verum, Libertas Optima Rerum: Nunquam Servili Sub Nexu Vivito, Fili
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