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“The very forces that liberty has set free work against the dangerous consequences of liberty.”

Force Freedom Liberty Dangerous Consequence

Book:Love and Ethics

Source: Love and Ethics

“Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.”

Firsts Motivational Happiness Freedom Accepting Steps Happened Acceptance Consequence Overcoming Adversity Misfortunes First Steps Elderly Overcoming Hardship

Author:William James

“Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.”

Law Freedom Democracy Revolution Consequence Tyranny Anarchy Protected

Author:John Milton

“To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes.”

Thinking Men Writing Able Certain Freedom Consequence Civil Rights

Author:Ernest Renan

“Liberty not only means that the individual has both the opportunity and the burden of choice; it also means that he must bear the consequences of his actions. Liberty and responsibility are inseparable.”

Mean Action Political Choices Opportunity Politics Individual Freedom Responsibility Liberty Bears Capitalism Consequence Burden Inseparable Individual Liberty

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“Our submission to general principles is necessary because we cannot be guided in our practical action by full knowledge and evaluation of the consequences. So long as men are not omniscient, the only way in which freedom can be given to the individual is by such general rules to delimit the sphere in which the decision is his. There can be no freedom if the government is not limited to particular kinds of action but can use its powers in any ways which serve particular ends.”

Ifs Men Way Kind Long Ends Use Government Action Individual Given Freedom Decision Principles Particular Consequence Practicals Spheres Submission Evaluation Omniscient

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“Every event has a cause-that is ... for every event e1 there exists an event e2 (or a class of events e2, e3 ...) which precedes e1 and of which e1 is a necessary consequence.... If we assent to this statement then your "choice" to do A rather than B, whatever may have been at the time your sensation of freedom from any constraint, was entirely necessitated. You could not have done otherwise and hence, according to this conception of freedom, were not free.”

Ifs May Has Beens Done Choices Causes Freedom Class Events Consequence Statements Sensations Conception Constraints

Author:Ermanno Bencivenga