All I want is' - and he uttered the final words through clenched teeth and with a sort of shame - 'to retain my freedom.' I should myself have thought, ' said Jacques, 'that freedom consisted in frankly confronting situations into which one had deliberately entered, and accepting all one's responsibilities. But that, no doubt, is not your view. JeanPaul Sartre
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If the man who spoke these words had been a slave, he would have been happy being a slave. He would have been happy being owned by someone because he would have been able to live his life the way he wanted too. Freedom is a very important thing and it means having a lot of choices in life. When you don’t have a lot of choices, you can choose to stay where you are and not know what else there is out there.

If you have the freedom to choose your future, you will make the right choice in life. Freedom is something that many people take for granted but when they lose it, they regret not making the right choice.

Source: The Age Of Reason

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