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The Echo of Greece

Edith Hamilton

Responsibility was the price every man must pay for freedom. It was to be had on no other terms.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker holds that responsibility is what freedom costs, and that no cheaper arrangement exists. Being free means answering for one's own choices, and the statement rules out any bargain in which liberty comes without that obligation attached.

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