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.

Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876) Russian anarchist, political theorist
God and the State (1871 (pub 1916))

 
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