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paesean's avatar

An excellent perspective Jim and inspiring quotes from your readers; moved me to dust off Butler Shaffer's "Boundaries of Order" wherein he recollects asking himself as a law student : "...why should I have to justify my desire for liberty on *any* grounds other than the fact that I do not choose to be coerced? Why need I appeal to any principle beyond that of my own will? "

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Nelson Martin's avatar

Thank you again Jim for your impactful writing. This piece brings to mind one of my favorite quotes from Heinlein:

"I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."

~Robert A. Heinlein in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

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