Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them—and then, the opportunity to choose.
"The poet is the one who breaks the silence, who speaks first, who dares to speak."
You wear your honor like a suit of armor. You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.
The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying 'This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.