# Quote — Benjamin R. Barber, Aristocracy of Everyone

> 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.

- Author: [Benjamin R. Barber](https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-r-barber.md)
- Book: [Aristocracy of Everyone](https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-r-barber/aristocracy-of-everyone.md)
- Page: 26
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Barber#An_Aristocracy_of_Everyone_(1992)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/benjamin-r-barber/aristocracy-of-everyone/truly-to-be-free

## More from this book

> 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)