Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Freedom requires individuals to take ownership of their actions and duties.
- In plain terms
- Being free means you have to take responsibility.
- What can you take from it?
- Embrace duty as the cost of liberty.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What responsibilities do you avoid because they feel like burdens?
Another view
Some argue liberty can exist without heavy responsibility in personal choices.
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What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.
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