Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.
Cicero
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
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Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
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In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
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What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.
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Can you also, Lucullus, affirm that there is any power united with wisdom and prudence which has made, or, to use your own expression, manufactured man? What sort of a manufacture is that? Where is it exercised? When? Why? How?
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