Now, is it not plain that freedom means that individuals having the right to it, are subject only to the laws of their own being, and to the relations they sustain to the laws of other things by which they are surrounded?
Victoria C. Woodhull: “Now, is it not plain that freedom means that individuals having the right to it, are subject only to the laws of their…”
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This quote asserts that true freedom means individuals are only bound by their own nature and the laws of the universe.
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