He who seeks freedom for anything but freedom’s self is made to be a slave.

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) French writer, diplomat, politician
Old Regime (1856)

Alt trans.: "The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave."

 
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