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Quote from William Faulkner,


"We cannot choose freedom
established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom,
on a caste system of equality like military rank.
We must be free not because we claim freedom,
but because we practice it."


By:

William Faulkner (more quotes by William Faulkner or books by/about William Faulkner)


(1897-1962)

Source:

Harper’s Magazine, June 1956

Categories:

Freedom, Liberty, Military, Responsibility

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