# Aristocracy of Everyone

- Author: [Benjamin R. Barber](https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-r-barber.md)
- Quotes: 2
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-r-barber/aristocracy-of-everyone

## 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)