...[F]reedom... is a property of all rational beings. - Immanuel Kant

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...[F]reedom... is a property of all rational beings.

Immanuel Kant

Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals: & The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics · November 24, 2013 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804), born Emanuel Kant, was a German philosopher.

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As nature has uncovered from under this hard shell the seed for which she most tenderly cares - the propensity and vocation to free thinking - this gradually works back upon the character of the people, who thereby gradually become capable of managing freedom; finally, it affects the principles of government, which finds it to its advantage to treat men, who are now more than machines, in accordance with their dignity.

# Political independence, as the right to owe his existence and continuance in society not to the arbitrary will of another, but to his own rights and powers as a member of the commonwealth.

There can be only one reason why we must do what duty demands, and that is that we demand it of ourselves.