The Quality of a Free Man
Claire Wolfe at Backwoods Home Magazine - good, practical philosophy. Freedom is created by free individuals. Claire lists some external and internal qualities of free men and women. [claire]
We don't require superhumans. We don't even require a majority of free people. We do, however, require a larger minority of free individuals than we have today. "Doing our own thing" is one part of being free. But lasting freedom is a consequence of that old-fashioned and presently out-of-favor ideal: personal character.
We require that to create what so many of us crave: freedom that lasts.