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“This is one of man's oldest riddles. How can the independence of human volition be harmonized with the fact that we are integral parts of a universe which is subject to the rigid order of nature's laws?”

Men Humans Facts Law Science Order Universe Nature Subjects Independence Riddle Volition

Book:The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics

Source: The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics

“The stronger becomes master of the weaker, in so far as the latter cannot assert its degree of independence here there is no mercy, no forbearance, even less a respect for "laws.”

Law Masters Degrees Mercy Stronger Independence Latter Forbearance

Book:The Will to Power

Source: The Will to Power

“Oh judge! Your damn laws! The good people don't need them, and the bad people don't obey them.”

People Needs Law Justice Responsibility Judging Independence Damn Good People Individualism Dissent Anarchism Bad People

Author:Ammon Hennacy

“When each citizen submits himself to the authority of law he does not thereby decrease his independence or freedom, but rather increases it. By recognizing that he is a part of a larger body which is banded together for a common purpose, he becomes more than an individual, he rises to a new dignity of citizenship. Instead of finding himself restricted and confined by rendering obedience to public law, he finds himself protected and defended and in the exercise of increased and increasing rights.”

“The love of independence is a sentiment that surely none would wish to see erased from the breast of man, though the parish law of England, it must be confessed, is a system of all others the most calculated gradually to weaken this sentiment, and in the end may eradicate it completely.”

Men May Ends Law Wish England Independence Breasts Sentiments Parish

Book:Population: The First Essay

Source: Population: The First Essay

“We all know that election reform takes time. That's because those who have benefited from the system are the ones who fight hardest to preserve it. So if we're going to succeed, we need an independent coalition of citizens who believe in reform, who believe that our election laws should treat every voter equally, who believe that low levels of competition and participation are not healthy for democracy. The Independence Party is helping to build that coalition and I am happy to join you in doing so.”

“It used to be the boast of free men that, so long as they kept within the bounds of the known law, there was no need to ask anybody's permission or to obey anybody's orders. It is doubtful whether any of us can make this claim today.”

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Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself.”

Law Order Nations Social Causes Loss Rights Independence Soldier Empires Thrones Cowardly Social Order Magistrates

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Freedom of conscience is a natural right, both antecedent and superior to all human laws and institutions whatever; a right which laws never gave and a right which laws can never take away.”

Humans Reason Law Individual Natural Justice Responsibility Conscience Constitution Independence Institutions Superiors Individual Rights Free Thought

Author:John Goodwin

“Men pursue riches under the idea that their possession will set them at ease, and above the world. But the law of association often makes those who begin by loving gold as a servant finish by becoming themselves its slaves; and independence without wealth is at least as common as wealth without independence.”

Men World Ideas Law Wealth Common Becoming Gold Independence Slave Possession Riches Pursue Ease Servant Association

Book:Lacon: or, Many things in few words

Source: Lacon: or, Many things in few words