لا فائدة من القول بأن الناس وُلدوا أحرارًا إن أنكرتَ أنهم وُلدوا أخيارًا. ضمانُ خيريّة الإنسان يكفل حريّته من تلقاء نفسه. أمّا ضمانُ حريته بشرط أن تُقرّ بأخلاقه، فهو في الحقيقة إلغاءٌ لكل حرية، إذ تصبح حرية كل إنسان رهنًا بتهمةٍ أخلاقية يختلقها أيُّ أحمق ضد كل من خرق العرف، سواءٌ كان نبيًّا أم وغدًا.

“It is quite useless to declare that all men are born free if you deny that they are born good . Guarantee a man's goodness and his liberty will take care of itself. To guarantee his freedom on condition that you approve of his moral character is formally to abolish all freedom whatsoever, as every man's liberty is at the mercy of a moral indictment which any fool can trump up against everyone who violates custom, whether as a prophet or as a rascal.”George Bernard Shaw — The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion (2015)