#free will

We must believe in free will, we have no choice. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Your true nature doesn't come out. So the gods let you do what you want because free will would be compromised if they showed up at the White House saying, 'Take us to your leader.' ↗

— Tarsem Singh

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Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free will and then send in a play from the sidelines. ↗

— Roger Ebert

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The Indians gave up the land of their own free will, and for it received brass kettles, blankets, guns, shirts, flints, tobacco, rum and many trinkets in which their simple hearts delighted. ↗

— Patrick Gordon

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The intuition of free will gives us the truth. ↗

— Corliss Lamont

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I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

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And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin. ↗

— Aeschylus

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Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will. ↗

— John Acton

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Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure. ↗

— Scott Adams

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I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

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