What #AmnestyDon Is Really Afraid Of

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being.  With freedom comes responsibility.  For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
—   Eleanor Roosevelt
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With No Allowance For Chance?

Man is condemned to be free, because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
—  Jean-Paul Sartre
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Sums

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved.
—   Andre Malraux
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The Responsibility Of Freedom

Freedom
Freedom is
the very law of life,
life itself
is rooted in freedom
We are not
machines.
We are not
pre-programmed.
We are utter freedoms.
Now it is up to us,
what to make of it.
You have to take
your life into
your own hands,
and you
are responsible for it.
No fate is responsible.
You have to
create yourself
by your own effort.
The total responsibility
is yours.
—  Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
[Yes, I know this is a quote from a discredited “cult” religious figure / leader.  But, that does not make the words themselves less interesting.  —  KMAB]
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Dealing With It

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
―  Albert Camus
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Or Blog (And Bound)

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
–  Frederick Douglas
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No Less

Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights, lest in our desire to be secure we lose our ability to be free.
—  Earl Warren
Former Chief Justice
United States Supreme Court
[Note the use of the word “principals” instead of “principles”.  This indicates superior position rather than “simply” equally important opinions and conditions.  To quote Benjamin Franklin: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”   —  KMAB]
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