The Liberty Of Man Consists Solely In This: That He Obeys Natural Laws Because He Has Himself Recognized Them As Such

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• Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in thi
  hat he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it....
• The land of the free! This is the land of the free!
  Why, if I say anything that displeases them, the free mob will lynch me, and that's my freedom....
• Long's Notes 1) Always store beer in a dark place.
  2) Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent....
• And it does matter. An honest man or woman is an honest man or woman more because he or she is honest in the small
  everyday things that "don't matter" individually, but which make up a well-lived life, than because of some single great temptation that was passed....
• Strange, because they are so frankly and hysterically insane -- like all dream
  a God who could make good children as easily as bad, yet preferred to make bad one...
• And no philosophy, sadly, has all the answers. No matter how assured we may be about certain aspects of our belief, there are always painful inconsistencies, exceptions, and contradictions.
  This is true in religion as it is in politics, and is self-evident to all except fanatics and the naive....
• A solipsist is like the man who gave up turning round because whatever he saw was always in front of him
  Ernst Mach...
• If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them
  privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous....
• Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked down upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
  -- Montesquieu...