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> [Free will is the thing you have to have if you're going to be responsible in this all-or-nothing way. That's what I mean by free will. That's what I think we haven't got and can't have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galen-strawson/free-will-is-the-thing-you-have-to-have-if-you-re-going-to-be/)

[Galen Strawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galen-strawson/)

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## More by Galen Strawson

> [It is true that 'I seem to see a table' does not entail 'I see a table'; but 'I seem to feel a pain'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galen-strawson/it-is-true-that-i-seem-to-see-a-table-does-not-entail-i-see-a-table/)

[Galen Strawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galen-strawson/)

> [If someone harmed or tortured or killed one of my children I'd feel everything almost anyone else would feel. I'd probably have intense feelings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galen-strawson/if-someone-harmed-or-tortured-or-killed-one-of-my-children-i-d-feel/)

[Galen Strawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galen-strawson/)

> [“The trouble is I have the religious temperament but I don't have the belief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galen-strawson/the-trouble-is-i-have-the-religious-temperament-but-i-don-t-have-the/)

[Galen Strawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galen-strawson/)

> [Sometimes we need to speak oddly to see clearly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galen-strawson/sometimes-we-need-to-speak-oddly-to-see-clearly/)

[Galen Strawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galen-strawson/)

> [It is an insult to God to believe in God. For on the one hand it is to suppose that he has perpetrated acts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galen-strawson/it-is-an-insult-to-god-to-believe-in-god-for-on-the-one-hand-it-is-to/)

[Galen Strawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galen-strawson/)

> [Free will is the thing you have to have if you're going to be responsible in this all-or-nothing way. That's what I mean by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galen-strawson/free-will-is-the-thing-you-have-to-have-if-you-re-going-to-be/)

[Galen Strawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galen-strawson/)

> [You do what you do - in the circumstances in which you find yourself - because of the way you are. So if you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galen-strawson/you-do-what-you-do-in-the-circumstances-in-which-you-find-yourself/)

[Galen Strawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galen-strawson/)

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