L.A. Liberty

To desire freedom is an instinct. To secure it requires intelligence. It must be comprehended and self-asserted. To petition for it is to stulify oneself, for a petitioner is a confessed subject and lacks the spirit of a freeman. To rail and rant against tyranny is to manifest inferiority, for there is no tyranny but ignorance; to be conscious of one’s powers is to lose consciousness of tyranny. Self-government is not a remote aim. It is an intimate and inescapable fact. To govern oneself is a natural imperative, and all tyranny is the miscarriage of self government. The first requisite of freedom is to accept responsibility for the lack of it.

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E.C. Riegel, The New Approach to Freedom (New York, 1949)

Great quote.

(Source: satans-advocate, via whakatikatika)

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    Freedom, E.C. Riegel.

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    responsibility, yo. a sexy concept that makes libertarians and voluntarism so popular.

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