A fig for those by law protected!
liberty's a glorious feast!
Courts for cowards were erected,
Churches built to please the priest.


'The Jolly Beggars' (1799) l. 254

Robert Burns Quotes

A fig for those by law protected! liberty's a glorious feast! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest.

A fig for those by law protected! liberty's a glorious feast! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest.

A fig for those by law protected! liberty's a glorious feast! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest.

A fig for those by law protected! liberty's a glorious feast! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest.