"When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free."
"Every young man should aim at independence and should prepare himself for a vocation; above all, he should so manage his life that the steps of his progress are taken without improper aids; that he calls no one master, that he does not win or deserve the reputation of being a tool of others, and that if called to public service he may assume its duties with the satisfaction of knowing that he is free to rise to the height of his opportunity."
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Source: Charles Evans Hughes (1910). “Conditions of Progress in Democratic Government”
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