...nothing on earth can stop man from feeling himself born for liberty…

Simone Weil
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...nothing on earth can stop man from feeling himself born for liberty. Never, whatever may happen, can he accept servitude; for he is a thinking creature. ✨ Simone Weil (2013). Oppression and Liberty, p.79, Routledge
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...nothing on earth can stop man from feeling himself born for liberty. Never, whatever may happen, can he accept servitude; for he is a thinking creature. ✨ Simone Weil (2013). Oppression and Liberty, p.79, Routledge

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