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Albert Jay Nock

The practical reason for freedom is that freedom seems to be the only condition under which any kind of substantial moral fiber can be developed — we have tried law, compulsion and authoritarianism of various kinds, and the result is nothing to be proud of.

Albert Jay Nock, “On Doing the Right Thing,” The American Mercury (1925).

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