Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains There's nothing better for slaves than to fight for changes Giving their persons, on condition to loose their goods also I fail to see, what they have now left to preserve For him him who renounces everything, no indemnity is possible Sooner dead than a slave Nothing to lose but his chains I refuse tranquility, if it means to live and die in dungeons Every man is born free, he is his own master Refuse the yoke of slavery To yield to force is an act of necessity not of will At the most an act of prudence, in what fucking sense can it be a duty? Every man is born free, he is his own master Refuse the yoke of slavery For him him who renounces everything, no indemnity is possible Sooner dead than a slave Nothing to lose but his chains I refuse this oppression It not only has forged the weapons that bring death to itself It has also called into existence the men Who are who are to to wield those weapons