True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will. (Jonathan Edwards (theologian))

True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will.

Jonathan Edwards (theologian)

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