“Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.”
Joseph H. Hertz (1872–1946) British rabbi
Genesis II, 17 (p. 8)
The Pentateuch and Haftorahs (one-volume edition, 1937, ISBN 0-900689-21-8
“A man with a club [bat] is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessarily conciliated.”
— Jack London, book Call of the Wild
Source: The Call of the Wild
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