Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

—William Pitt

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Necessity has no law.

—William Langland

Not even the gods fight against necessity.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

—Edward Abbey

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The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

—Albert Einstein

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As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.

—Ernest Hemingway

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