The Tender For Law

Volume 9

Feb 24, 2015 1:54 AM

Will Jefferson

"To desire freedom is an instinct. To secure it requires intelligence. It must be comprehended and self�asserted. To petition for it is to stultify oneself, for a petitioner is a confessed subject and lacks the spirit of a freeman. To rail and rant against tyranny is to manifest inferiority, for there is no tyranny but ignorance; to be conscious of one's powers is to lose consciousness of tyranny. Self government is not a remote aim. It is an intimate and inescapable fact. To govern oneself is a natural imperative, and all tyranny is the miscarriage of self government. The first requisite of freedom is to accept responsibility for the lack of it."

E.C. Riegel

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Tara Duncan

This is a nice quote. It should have also been "fucking huge" the million times Scott said it. This is why I don't believe in the so-called feminist initiative, and why, if qualified, I would prefer to pit my skills against other people equally; and not be given special preference because I fall into what is regarded as a minority category. The concept of freedom, while laudable, is not desirable or accessible for most people.