Variant: A people free to choose will always choose peace
“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
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (1954) Current President of Egypt
Remarks by el-Sisi during a military conference (28 April 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC93fn9s3-c. <br class="br">2013
“If I must choose between righteousness and peace I choose righteousness.”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
America and the World War (1915)
1910s
“You're always free to change your mind
and choose a different future, or a different past.”
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
“Ordinary imperfect people, always choose similarly imperfect people as friends.”
Haruki Murakami book Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Source: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
“We are free to choose our paths, but we can't choose the consequences that come with them.”
Sean Covey (1964) author; business executive
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide
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
“You are free to choose, but you are not free to alter the consequences of your decisions.”
Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994) President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
