“Choice depends on the freedom to choose and if you are shackled with debt you don’t have the freedom to choose.”
Interview with Michael Moore in the movie Sicko (2007).
2000s
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“freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.”
Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) German sociologist, philosopher and musicologist known for his critical theory of society
Peter Ustinov (1921–2004) English actor, writer, and dramatist
As quoted in Morrow's International Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations (1982) by Jonathon Green
“To choose evil is to choose freedom—“freedom, emancipation from all restraint.””
Georges Bataille (1897–1962) French intellectual and literary figure
Source: On Nietzsche (1945), p. xxxiv, note
Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader
From a collection of hundreds of quotes set to music and available online at Maharaji's personal website http://www.maharaji.net/ (2001)
2000s
“When people are free to choose, they choose freedom.”
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
Speech to the Industrial League of Orange County (14 March 1991) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/108266 <br class="br">Post-Prime Ministerial
Ted Cruz (1970) American politician
2010s, Speech at the Republican National Convention (July 20, 2016)
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
The Ballot or the Bullet (1964), Speech in Detroit, Michigan (12 April 1964)