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"What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice. Without the possibility of choice a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing."

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About Archibald MacLeish

American poet, playwright, and public intellectual who served as Librarian of Congress and later as assistant secretary of state. His writing spanned lyric poetry, drama, and political commentary, and he received multiple Pulitzer Prizes. He was an important literary and civic voice in the mid-20th century.

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