"By liberty, then, we can only mean a power of acting or not acting, according to the determinations of the will; this is, if we choose to remain at rest, we may; if we choose to move, we also may. Now this hypothetical liberty is universally allowed to belong to every one who is not a prisoner and in chains."
Paraphrased as:
“There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.”
--David Hume (born David Home; 7 May 1711 - 25 August 1776)
Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section VIII, Of Liberty and Necessity, 1750
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