# Benjamin R. Barber

- Quotes: 2
- Author page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-r-barber

## Books

- [Aristocracy of Everyone](https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-r-barber/aristocracy-of-everyone.md) — 2 quotes

## Recently added quotes

> We know ourselves by understanding our temporality, our embeddedness in time, our connection to roots—even roots from which we have knowingly severed ourselves.

p. 22 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-r-barber/aristocracy-of-everyone/we-know-ourselves.md)

> Truly to be free, my choices must truly be mine—must accord with the “me” with which I associate my core identity. I must make them in keeping with rational life plans. They cannot be triggered by invisible external or covert influences; they must make manifest a will that is unfettered yet rationally informed by life plans.

p. 26 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-r-barber/aristocracy-of-everyone/truly-to-be-free.md)