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“— A liberdade não é um direito absoluto, Gervas. Fosse essa a realidade, todas as vontades seriam soberanas sobre si mesmas e todos os poderes estariam nivelados pela mesma medida. Não haveria imposições, e nenhuma língua humana teria lugar para o conceito de escravidão. A liberdade é um privilégio relativo. O prémio de quem se encontra nas circunstâncias de exercer a sua vontade sobre todas aquelas que lha recusariam, dada a oportunidade.”

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