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Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails the other dies.

Since men love freedom, and the freedom of individuals in society requires some regulation of conduct, the first condition of freedom is its limitation; make it absolute and it dies in chaos. So the prime task of government is to establish order; organized central force is the sole alternative to incalculable and disruptive force in private hands.

The original Aramaic version had a wild ass, instead of a wolf, showing off his freedom. But the wild ass ends up eaten by the lion. Freedom entails risks--real skin in the game. Freedom is never free.

a free person does not need to win arguments--just win.

You are free--but only as free as your last trade. As we saw with Ahiqar's wild ass, freedom is never free.

It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything. --TYLER DURDEN, FIGHT CLUB