"“It’s your right to refuse to believe. That’s freedom, isn’t it?” “Up to a point. A man has duties. He’s no right to refuse those.” “No?” She raised tantalizing eyebrows, delicately curved. “Who defines those duties—himself, or somebody else?” “His superiors, most times.” “No man is superior to another. No man has the right to define another man’s duties.” She paused, eyeing him speculatively. “If anyone on Terra exercises such idiotic power, it is only because idiots permit him. They fear freedom. They prefer to be told. They like being ordered around. What men!”"