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Max Stirner on Independence Day

1806–1856 Germany

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You long for freedom? You fools! If you took might, freedom would come of itself.

The Ego and Its Own / The Unique and Its Property (1845)

The men of the future will yet fight their way to many a liberty that we do not even miss.

The Ego and Its Own / The Unique and Its Property (1845)

"Freedom" awakens your rage against everything that is not you; "egoism" calls you to joy over yourselves, to self-enjoyment.

The Ego and Its Own / The Unique and Its Property (1845)

Liberty of the people is not my liberty!

The Ego and Its Own / The Unique and Its Property (1845)

Now why, if freedom is striven after for love of the I after all — why not choose the I himself as beginning, middle, and end?

The Ego and Its Own / The Unique and Its Property (1845)

Might is a fine thing, and useful for many purposes; for 'one goes further with a handful of might than with a bagful of right'. You long for freedom? You fools! If you took might, freedom would come of itself. See, he who has might 'stands above the law'. How does this prospect taste to you, you 'law-abiding' people? But you have no taste!

The Ego and Its Own / The Unique and Its Property (1845)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Max Stirner (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.