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title: "116 Freedom Choice Quotes by 99 authors"
description: "Browse 116 Freedom Choice quotes by 99 authors. Discover the best Freedom Choice sayings and thoughts."
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> [“We have the freedom of choice, to choose what’s right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fennel-hudson/we-have-the-freedom-of-choice-to-choose-what-s-right/)

[Fennel Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fennel-hudson/)

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> [I'm no dictator. I encourage freedom of choice in football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-villas-boas/i-m-no-dictator-i-encourage-freedom-of-choice-in-football/)

[Andre Villas-Boas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-villas-boas/)

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> [We, as human beings, enjoy freedom of choice. Your attitude is your choice!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorii-myers/we-as-human-beings-enjoy-freedom-of-choice-your-attitude-is-your/)

[Lorii Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorii-myers/)

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> [Without freedom of choice there is no creativity. The body dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-kirk/without-freedom-of-choice-there-is-no-creativity-the-body-dies/)

[James T Kirk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-kirk/)

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> [The first thing I'd do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-first-thing-i-d-do-as-president-is-sign-the-freedom-of-choice-act/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [“America is all about freedom of choice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-fitzgerald/america-is-all-about-freedom-of-choice/)

[Laura Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-fitzgerald/)

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> [Freedom of choice and free speech without fear must be defended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tan-cheng-bock/freedom-of-choice-and-free-speech-without-fear-must-be-defended/)

[Tan Cheng Bock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tan-cheng-bock/)

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> [“Love can only be found in freedom of choice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dekker/love-can-only-be-found-in-freedom-of-choice/)

[Ted Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dekker/)

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> [I believe in freedom of religion and freedom of choice and everybody do what they want to do. I don't wish to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-dandy-mangrum/i-believe-in-freedom-of-religion-and-freedom-of-choice-and-everybody/)

[Jim "Dandy" Mangrum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-dandy-mangrum/)

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> [ \[Liberty\] is freedom of choice, a divine gift, an essential virtue in a peaceful society. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-o-mckay/liberty-is-freedom-of-choice-a-divine-gift-an-essential-virtue-in-a/)

[David O. McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-o-mckay/)

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> [America's all about freedom of choice, and I really hope that in the future we still have a great choice of vehicles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-fisker/america-s-all-about-freedom-of-choice-and-i-really-hope-that-in-the/)

[Henrik Fisker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-fisker/)

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> [“Only with awareness of carnism can we reclaim our freedom of choice; without awareness, there is no free choice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-joy/only-with-awareness-of-carnism-can-we-reclaim-our-freedom-of-choice/)

[Melanie Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-joy/)

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> [As a liberal, I would hesitate to propose a blanket ban on any style of dress because of the implications for individual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/as-a-liberal-i-would-hesitate-to-propose-a-blanket-ban-on-any-style/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [“So long as we are brave enough to accept the consequences of our actions, no one can take away our freedom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-norton/so-long-as-we-are-brave-enough-to-accept-the-consequences-of-our/)

[Mike Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-norton/)

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> [“As all of us who strive to be good parents know, love is self-restricting when it comes to power… Likewise God has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/as-all-of-us-who-strive-to-be-good-parents-know-love-is-self/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

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> [I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-was-37-when-my-father-died-and-i-no-longer-had-any-freedom-of/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Would you really like to live in a society where you have no responsibility and no freedom, no choice, only the false…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/would-you-really-like-to-live-in-a-society-where-you-have-no/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [“We all have freedom of choice. Over and over again, minute by minute. How will you live your life? For yourself Or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-tawn-bergren/we-all-have-freedom-of-choice-over-and-over-again-minute-by-minute/)

[Lisa Tawn Bergren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-tawn-bergren/)

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> [We still can't control the consequences our choices will bring. Not only do we want freedom of choice, but we also want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/renata-salecl/we-still-can-t-control-the-consequences-our-choices-will-bring-not/)

[Renata Salecl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/renata-salecl/)

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> [The nature of freedom of choice is that some people will misuse their responsibility and hurt themselves in the process. We should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mcgovern/the-nature-of-freedom-of-choice-is-that-some-people-will-misuse-their/)

[George McGovern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mcgovern/)

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> [“whenever God is pleased to make way for his providence, he even in external matters so turns and bends the wills of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-calvin/whenever-god-is-pleased-to-make-way-for-his-providence-he-even-in/)

[John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-calvin/)

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> [Every market has some rules and boundaries that restrict freedom of choice. A market looks free only because we so unconditionally accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ha-joon-chang/every-market-has-some-rules-and-boundaries-that-restrict-freedom-of/)

[Ha-Joon Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ha-joon-chang/)

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> [“... freedom of choice is possible. Life is going to unfold however it does: pleasant or unpleasant, disappointing or thrilling, expected or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-boorstein/freedom-of-choice-is-possible-life-is-going-to-unfold-however-it-does/)

[Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-boorstein/)

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> [“In a world of fixed future, there can be no right or wrong. Right and wrong demand freedom of choice, but if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lightman/in-a-world-of-fixed-future-there-can-be-no-right-or-wrong-right-and/)

[Alan Lightman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lightman/)

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> [“This is one of the most paradoxical aspects of the freedom of choice. People really can choose happiness and success for themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vadim-zeland/this-is-one-of-the-most-paradoxical-aspects-of-the-freedom-of-choice/)

[Vadim Zeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vadim-zeland/)

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> [Our freedom of choice in a competitive society rests on the fact that, if one person refuses to satisfy our wishes, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/our-freedom-of-choice-in-a-competitive-society-rests-on-the-fact-that/)

[Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/)

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> [ “In place of the clear and rigid ancient law, You \[oh Lord\] made man decide about good and evil for himself, with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/in-place-of-the-clear-and-rigid-ancient-law-you-oh-lord-made-man/)

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/)

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> [“A Poem By Maximum Ride How does one describe freedom, How can one call themselves free, How does one sleep at night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/a-poem-by-maximum-ride-how-does-one-describe-freedom-how-can-one-call/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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> [“Do you really believe that freedom of choice exists? India still has a caste system. Most of the Middle East treats women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kilborn/do-you-really-believe-that-freedom-of-choice-exists-india-still-has-a/)

[Jack Kilborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kilborn/)

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> [I tell Thee that man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/i-tell-thee-that-man-is-tormented-by-no-greater-anxiety-than-to-find-2/)

[Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/)

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> [“Anytime you give to government the responsibility and authority to provide government-made jobs, old-age financial security, “free” health care, and “free” education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/anytime-you-give-to-government-the-responsibility-and-authority-to/)

[Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/)

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> [It is so true that in liquid modernity freedom was, so to speak, let off the leash, and for a quite a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zygmunt-bauman/it-is-so-true-that-in-liquid-modernity-freedom-was-so-to-speak-let/)

[Zygmunt Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zygmunt-bauman/)

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> [“As in the political sphere, the child is taught that he is free, a democrat, with a free will and a free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/as-in-the-political-sphere-the-child-is-taught-that-he-is-free-a/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

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> [“Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/forget-the-politicians-the-politicians-are-put-there-to-give-you-the/)

[George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/)

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> [“The central issue in that pre-mortal council was: Shall the children of God have untrammeled agency to choose the course they should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/the-central-issue-in-that-pre-mortal-council-was-shall-the-children/)

[Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/)

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> [“also increases my capacity to choose the desirable alternative, until eventually it becomes more difficult to choose the undesirable rather than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/also-increases-my-capacity-to-choose-the-desirable-alternative-until/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“But what about the apparent absurdity of the idea of dignity, freedom, and reason, sustained by extreme military discipline, including of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavoj-i-ek/but-what-about-the-apparent-absurdity-of-the-idea-of-dignity-freedom/)

[Slavoj Žižek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavoj-i-ek/)

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> [“for the existentialists, what generated anxiety was not the godlessness of the world, per se, but rather the freedom to choose between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-stossel/for-the-existentialists-what-generated-anxiety-was-not-the/)

[Scott Stossel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-stossel/)

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> [“This is the sense in which Augustine says "freedom of choice is not made void but established by grace, since grace heals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-cavanaugh/this-is-the-sense-in-which-augustine-says-freedom-of-choice-is-not/)

[William T. Cavanaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-cavanaugh/)

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> [“When Americans think of freedom, we usually imagine a contest between a lone individual and a powerful government. We tend to conclude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-snyder/when-americans-think-of-freedom-we-usually-imagine-a-contest-between/)

[Timothy Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-snyder/)

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                        "text": "“This is one of the most paradoxical aspects of the freedom of choice. People really can choose happiness and success for themselves and yet at the same time remain restricted by pendulums that lead them away from the wave of fortune. Here we return to a theme we discussed earlier; to claim freedom of choice you must be independent. You have the right to be free of the influence of other people’s pendulums. Now we will clarify how you can claim this right. The”",
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                        "text": "Our freedom of choice in a competitive society rests on the fact that, if one person refuses to satisfy our wishes, we can turn to another. But if we face a monopolist we are at his absolute mercy. And an authority directing the whole economic system of the country would be the most powerful monopolist conceivable…it would have complete power to decide what we are to be given and on what terms. It would not only decide what commodities and services were to be available and in what quantities; it would be able to direct their distributions between persons to any degree it liked.",
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                        "text": "“In place of the clear and rigid ancient law, You [oh Lord] made man decide about good and evil for himself, with no other guidance than Your example. But did it never occur to You that man would disregard Your example, even question it, as well as Your truth, when he was subjected to so fearful a burden as freedom of choice?”",
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                        "text": "“A Poem By Maximum Ride How does one describe freedom, How can one call themselves free, How does one sleep at night knowing all the troubles that lay ahead, If one had a choice to be free or have freedom what does one pick, How does one even begin to describe the choices of being free, Freedom is choice, Freedom is happiness, Freedom is doing what you want, Freedom is to fly.”",
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                        "text": "“Do you really believe that freedom of choice exists? India still has a caste system. Most of the Middle East treats women as inferiors and those who practice other religions as enemies. China regulates how many children couples can have, genocide abounds in South America and Africa, Malaysia has a booming underage sex trade, and the list goes on and on. All around the world the people in power abuse it and human rights are ignored. But what if we were incapable of hurting our fellow man? What if our core impulse was to help each other rather than control each other?”",
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                        "text": "I tell Thee that man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creatures is born. But only one who can appease their conscience can take over their freedom […] Instead of taking men's freedom from them, Thou didst make it greater than ever! Didst Thou forget that man prefers peace, and even death, to freedom of choice in the knowledge of good and evil?",
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                        "text": "“As in the political sphere, the child is taught that he is free, a democrat, with a free will and a free mind, lives in a free country, makes his own decisions. At the same time he is a prisoner of the assumptions and dogmas of his time, which he does not question, because he has never been told they exist. By the time a young person has reached the age when he has to choose (we still take it for granted that a choice is inevitable) between the arts and the sciences, he often chooses the arts because he feels that here is humanity, freedom, choice. He does not know that he is already moulded by a system: he does not know that the choice itself is the result of a false dichotomy rooted in the heart of our culture. Those who do sense this, and who don't wish to subject themselves to further moulding, tend to leave, in a half-unconscious, instinctive attempt to find work where they won't be divided against themselves. With all our institutions, from the police force to academia, from medicine to politics, we give little attention to the people who leave—that process of elimination that goes on all the time and which excludes, very early, those likely to be original and reforming, leaving those attracted to a thing because that is what they are already like. A young policeman leaves the Force saying he doesn't like what he has to do. A young teacher leaves teaching, here idealism snubbed. This social mechanism goes almost unnoticed—yet it is as powerful as any in keeping our institutions rigid and oppressive.”",
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                        "text": "“The central issue in that pre-mortal council was: Shall the children of God have untrammeled agency to choose the course they should follow, whether good or evil, or shall they be coerced and forced to be obedient? Christ and all who followed Him stood for the former proposition—freedom of choice; Satan stood for the latter—coercion and force. The war that began in heaven over this issue is not yet over. The conflict continues on the battlefield of mortality. And one of Lucifer’s primary strategies has been to restrict our agency through the power of earthly governments.” (BYU devotional held Tuesday, 16 September 1986, President Ezra Taft Benson)”",
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                        "text": "“also increases my capacity to choose the desirable alternative, until eventually it becomes more difficult to choose the undesirable rather than the desirable action. On the other hand, each act of surrender and cowardice weakens me, opens the path for more acts of surrender, and eventually freedom is lost. Between the extreme when I can no longer do a wrong act and the other extreme when I have lost my freedom to right action, there are innumerable degrees of freedom of choice. In the practice of life the degree of freedom to choose is different at any given moment. If the degree of freedom to choose the good is great, it needs less effort to choose the good. If it is small, it takes a great effort, help from others, and favorable circumstances.8”",
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                        "text": "“But what about the apparent absurdity of the idea of dignity, freedom, and reason, sustained by extreme military discipline, including of the practice of discarding weak children? This “absurdity” is simply the price of freedom—freedom is not free, as they put it in the film [300]. Freedom is not something given, it is regained through a hard struggle in which one should be ready to risk everything. Spartan ruthless military discipline is not simply the opposite of Athenian “liberal democracy,” it is its inherent condition, it lays the foundation for it: the free subject of Reason can only emerge through ruthless self-discipline. True freedom is not a freedom of choice made from a safe distance, like choosing between a strawberry cake and a chocolate cake; true freedom overlaps with necessity, one makes a truly free choice when one’s choice puts at stake one’s very existence—one does it because one simply “cannot do otherwise.” When one’s country is under foreign occupation and one is called by a resistance leader to join the fight against the occupiers, the reason given is not “you are free to choose,” but: “Can’t you see that this is the only thing you can do if you want to retain your dignity?”",
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                        "text": "“for the existentialists, what generated anxiety was not the godlessness of the world, per se, but rather the freedom to choose between God and godlessness. Though freedom is something we actively seek, the freedom to choose generates anxiety. “When I behold my possibilities,” Kierkegaard wrote, “I experience that dread which is the dizziness of freedom, and my choice is made in fear and trembling.” Many people try to flee anxiety by fleeing choice. This helps explain the perverse-seeming appeal of authoritarian societies—the certainties of a rigid, choiceless society can be very reassuring—and why times of upheaval so often produce extremist leaders and movements: Hitler in Weimar Germany, Father Coughlin in Depression-era America, or Jean-Marie Le Pen in France and Vladimir Putin in Russia today. But running from anxiety, Kierkegaard believed, was a mistake because anxiety was a “school” that taught people to come to terms with the human condition.”",
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                        "text": "“This is the sense in which Augustine says \"freedom of choice is not made void but established by grace, since grace heals the will whereby righteousness may freely be loved.\"\" Freedom is something received, not merely exercised. Therefore, in order to determine whether a person is acting freely, we need to know much more than whether or not that person is acting on his or her desires without the interference of others. In Augustine's view, others are in fact crucial to one's freedom. A slave or an addict, by definition, cannot free himself or herself. Others from outside the self - the ultimate Other being God - are necessary to break through the bonds that enclose the self in itself. Humans need a community of virtue in which to learn to desire rightly.”",
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                        "text": "“When Americans think of freedom, we usually imagine a contest between a lone individual and a powerful government. We tend to conclude that the individual should be empowered and the government kept at bay. This is all well and good. But one element of freedom is the choice of associates, and one defense of freedom is the activity of groups to sustain their members. This is why we should engage in activities that are of interest to us, our friends, our families. These need not be expressly political: Václav Havel, the Czech dissident thinker, gave the example of brewing good beer. Insofar as we take pride in these activities, and come to know others who do so as well, we are creating civil society. Sharing in an undertaking teaches us that we can trust people beyond a narrow circle of friends and families, and helps us to recognize authorities from whom we can learn. The capacity for trust and learning can make life seem less chaotic and mysterious, and democratic politics more plausible and attractive.”",
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