#imposed

The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been imposed upon him externally by any foreign will whatsoever, human or divine, collective or individual. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#because #been #collective #consists #divine

I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government. ↗

— Esther Dyson

#government #i #imposed #individuals #much

At a minimum, in explaining evolutionary pathways through time, the constraints imposed by history rise to equal prominence with the immediate advantages of adaptation. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#advantages #constraints #equal #evolutionary #explaining

I believe that the human race has developed a form of collective schizophrenia in which we are not only the slaves to this imposed thought behavior, but we are also the police force of it. ↗

— David Icke

#behavior #believe #collective #developed #force

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than. ↗

— Mark Knopfler

#change #control #definition #definitions #freedom

For, quite literally, the whole world today is looking for us to take the lead in carrying out those obligations imposed on the American people as a whole by the beautiful, compassionate and courageous principle of noblesse oblige. ↗

— Robert Welch

#american people #beautiful #carrying #compassionate #courageous

I don't think that word - the word pirate - has any real meaning. Or it's something that's had meaning imposed on it. ↗

— Will Oldham

#had #i #imposed #meaning #pirate

I wanted to get superimposed on a shuttle launch. ↗

— Mark Roberts

#i #launch #shuttle #superimposed #wanted

Simultaneous recording with superimposed ionization chambers and Wilson chambers, ionization chambers and sets of counting tubes, has not yet been carried out. ↗

— Victor Francis Hess

#carried #chambers #counting #ionization #out

My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from them. ↗

— Ahmet Zappa

#appreciate #beliefs #democracy #felt #got