Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Freedom conceives that the mind and spirit of man can be free only if he be free to pattern his own life, to develop his own talents, free to earn, to spend, to save, to acquire property as the security of his old age and his family.
The desire for freedom and equilibrium (harmony) is inherent in man (due to the universal in him).
Every man must have freedom, must have the scope to form, test, and act upon his own choices, for any sort of development of his own personality to take place. He must, in short, be free in order that he may be fully human.
Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.
The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.
A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.