Chris Christie Quotes

I'd much rather have the freedom, and the obligation to use it responsibly, than be put in a box.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

A wise man will see to it that his act always seems voluntary and not done be compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.

Men are not free when they are doing just what they like. The moment you can do just what you like, there is nothing you care about doing.

It is never easy to cleanly distinguish freedom and duty, consent and bondage, choice and compulsion.

I have never believed that man's freedom consisted in doing what he wants, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do.

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one.

We are unable to recognize the laws of necessity if we believe we are free

Freedom is the right to choose the habits that bind you.

Freedom is the recognition of necessity

To some, freedom means the opportunity to do what they want to do; to most it means not to do what they do not want to do. It is perhaps true that those who can grow will feel free under any condition.

Necessity may not be the opposite of freedom, and perhaps a man is most free when, instead of producing motives, he could only say, "I am what I do.

If there were really serious consequences if I did not accept, then of course I would do whatever was necessary. But in general I really prefer some freedom.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.

Unless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes.

When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

Our ideal of the future is that she should continue to render that service of her own free will.

McCabe's Law: Nobody has to do anything.

If you are not happy with the song, don't sing it. Simple as that - no-one forces you to do it.

I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will.