Freedom Means Free, No Exceptions
While watching The Duchess starring Keira Knightley, one quote in particular stood out to me:

Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire: I fail to comprehend how far we are fully committed to the concept of freedom.
Sir Peter Teazle: Freedom in moderation.
Georgiana: The concept of freedom is an absolute.
That statement is so powerful: freedom is absolute. There is no in between. There is no halfway point. There is no compromise. A being is either free or not. A man or animal can either choose to come and go as he pleases, or he cannot.
And in case you are not willing to take a movie quote as a truth, the dictionary defines freedom as “the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint; exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.; the power to determine action without restraint.”


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