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Jean-Paul Sartre

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

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Freedom depends on how you respond to your past experiences and circumstances. It means your choices and actions shape your life despite what has happened to you before.

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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them if I find them too obnoxious, …