"There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse."
"I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning, and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another."
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Source: David Hume (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated)”, p.244, Delphi Classics
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