“We are condemned to be free people, liberated people who must make life-defining decisions. Freedom requires choices and all choices entail value decisions.”

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This reads as a statement about the burden inside freedom. It can be taken to mean that being free is not light or effortless, because every choice carries values and consequences, and refusing to choose is still a choice. It lands when someone faces a hard decision and wants to be reminded that freedom also asks for responsibility.

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Originally said in English.

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About Kilroy J. Oldster

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