The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws
because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have
been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or
human, collective or individual.
-- Mikhail Bakunin, God and the State
because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have
been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or
human, collective or individual.
-- Mikhail Bakunin, God and the State
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Ernst... - If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor
needs them;
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