freedom

A take on freedom, noted as I was browsing other people's blog again today...

Freedom Means Responsibilities

If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement,
we must choose freedom and the responsibility it entails.
There's a price for every freedom, something to be given up for every liberty.
It's up to us to weigh the price we must pay for each of our freedoms.
Everything we want has a price.
There's a price we'll have to pay for changing things and a price we'll pay for leaving things as they are.
Freedom is the opportunity to make decisions.
It's the capacity to take a hand in our own development.
Freedom is the right to choose.
It's the right to create for ourselves the alternatives of choice.
No one is free who is not master of himself.
We are free to do whatever we like.
We need only face the consequences of our actions.