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Quote from Gilbert Keith Chesterton,


"The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog."



By:

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (more quotes by Gilbert Keith Chesterton or books by/about Gilbert Keith Chesterton)


(1874-1936) British essayist, critic, poet, and novelist

Source:

Broadcast talk, June 11, 1935

Categories:

Alcohol, Drugs, Freedom, Prohibition, Responsibility, Vice

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