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    “Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet real activity. The longing for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence.”
    —Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)

    “Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.”
    —Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)

    “Tell me, how do you cope so calmly
    With crazy youth’s arrogant way?
    Indeed, youth would be insufferable,
    Had I myself not also been insufferable.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)