Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.
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The men of the future will yet fight their way to many a liberty that we do not even miss.Max Stirner
When one is anxious only to live, he easily, in this solicitude, forgets the enjoyment of life. If his only concern is for life, and he thinks if I only have my dear life, he does not apply his full strength to using, i. e., enjoying, life.
Max Stirner
The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime.
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He who must expend his life to prolong life cannot enjoy it, and he who is still seeking for his life does not have it and can as little enjoy it.
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Might is a fine thing, and useful for many purposes for one goes further with a handfull of might than with a bagfull of right
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