Margaret AtwoodThere is more than one kind of freedom, " said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it.
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The quote “There is more than one kind of freedom,” Aunt Lydia said, "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it." This quote is a summary of what she was trying to convey.
The idea that freedom to and freedom from exist. Freedom to means the freedom to do without restrictions whereas freedom from means the freedom to be free from constraints. She is suggesting that now you are being given freedom from, don't underrate it.
Source: The Handmaids Tale
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