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In limitations he first shows himself the master,
And the law can only bring us freedom.
--
Was Wir Bringen (1802)

 

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If we can't bring ourselves to say what's in our hearts when it truly matters, then we've already given up our freedom - and, with it, the freedom of future generations - which is something that we've got no right to do. We didn't earn this freedom. It was handed to us on a plate by people who did earn it with their lives. We don't own it - we're custodians of it. It's not ours to give away.

 

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