The quality of a free man
Backwoods Home Magazine
by Claire Wolfe
07/01/06
Freedom comes from free individuals, not the other way around. Seek Libertopia without first seeking within and the horse stumbles over the cart in her path and breaks her leg. Every time. So without further ado I propose: 12 qualities of a free man ... There it is. A free man is, in his own realm, an astonishingly civilized and moral being. To those who live by controlling others, however, he is a wild beast who can't be tamed and who is too tough to make good prey. A free man is also the cause of freedom. The sole cause of it. When we have sufficient free individuals, political, social, and institutional freedoms will follow. They will arise not through revolution or politically driven reform, but from who we are and the choices we make every day...
http://www.backwoodshome.com/columns/wolfe060701.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Claire Wolfe
07/01/06
Freedom comes from free individuals, not the other way around. Seek Libertopia without first seeking within and the horse stumbles over the cart in her path and breaks her leg. Every time. So without further ado I propose: 12 qualities of a free man ... There it is. A free man is, in his own realm, an astonishingly civilized and moral being. To those who live by controlling others, however, he is a wild beast who can't be tamed and who is too tough to make good prey. A free man is also the cause of freedom. The sole cause of it. When we have sufficient free individuals, political, social, and institutional freedoms will follow. They will arise not through revolution or politically driven reform, but from who we are and the choices we make every day...
http://www.backwoodshome.com/columns/wolfe060701.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 5. Jul, 14:46
