I have never believed that man’s freedom consisted in doing what he wants, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do.[Je n’ai jamais cru que la liberté de l’homme consistât à faire ce qu’il veut, mais bien à ne jamais faire ce qu’il ne veut pas.]
Source:Reveries of the Solitary Walker (1782), (Hackett, ed. 1979), Sixth Walk, Page 83
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