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Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to neces

Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity. – Hannah Arendt

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Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be moods – Hannah Arendt

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Opinion
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it. – Hannah Arendt

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Happiness
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. – Hannah Arendt

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good
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I have always that there ought to be some kind of mandatory national service, not necessarily in the military but to show everybody that freedom isnt free, that everybody has an obligation to the nation as a community. – Robert M. Gates

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If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup of Europe would be a more probable outcome than deeper integration. – Mario Monti

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Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose ones government is not necessarily to secure freedom. – Friedrich August von Hayek

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Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England. – Karel Capek

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