The American War of Independence is the expulsion of the intrusive elements, alien to the American essence. If American reality is the reinvention of itself, whatever is found in any way irreducible or unassimilable is not American.
Octavio PazRead
Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.
Interpretation
True freedom involves exerting control over one's surroundings rather than being controlled by them.
The quote by Anthony Eden emphasizes the importance of autonomy and personal agency in one's life. It suggests that true freedom is not simply the absence of restraint but the active ability to shape and master one's environment, implying that accepting passivity leads to a loss of freedom and individuality.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal development.
The American War of Independence is the expulsion of the intrusive elements, alien to the American essence. If American reality is the reinvention of itself, whatever is found in any way irreducible or unassimilable is not American.
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
No place is a place until things that have happened in it are remembered in history, ballads, yarns, legends, or monuments. Fictions serve as well as facts.
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
I shall be as secret as the grave.
Religion is defined as social systems whose participants avow a supernatural agent or agents whose approval is to be sought.
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