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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