Dom Pedro I Quotes

I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested.

Freewill means that the Universe never judges, never interferes with your own choices - and sees you as a being of equal creative power.

I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that road.

I believe, basically, that individual freedom is very important.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.

Above all, we know that although Americans can be led to make great sacrifices, they do not like to be driven.

Every man is by … natural right, the master of his own thoughts

You cannot have a need to be loved and be an effective change agent.

In education, as in religion and love, compulsion thwarts the purpose for which it is employed.

You can't push and force people to do what they don't want to do.

No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion.

The freedom of individuals from compulsion or coercion never was, and is not now, the normal state of human affairs. The normal state for the ordinary person is tyranny, arbitrary control and abuse mainly by their own government.

You can't make anybody do anything, if they don't want to.

The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.

It is unjust to exact that men shall do out of deference to our advice what they have no desire to do for themselves.

If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.

I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.

I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.

I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president of this country.

To talk about liberty and freedom is nice, lovely, but the important thing is to allow people to act in liberty and freedom.

But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe.

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

As a free person, I ought to be allowed if I'm dying to take something.

You are free to choose what you want to make of your life. It's called free agency or free will, and it's your birthright.