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rights is derived from the right to life. Therefore, if someone takes your property, they have stolen your time and labor, and therefore a portion of your life and freedom. Others have said freedom is not a right, instead it is something which must be ac- quired - even fought for. Novelist Aldous Huxley wrote, "Liberties aren't given, they are taken." Concurring with this line of thought are Somerset Maugham: “If a nation val- ues anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.” And Voltaire: “So long as the people do not care to ex- ercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, reli- gious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.” Former slave, Frederick Douglass, also agrees, “Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without plough- ing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand; it never has and it never will.” And, as many have declared: "Eternal vigilance is the price we pay for liberty." On the other hand, freedom is NOT valued by all. Newspaper Editor H. L. Mencken observed, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” Playwright George Bernard Shaw stated, "Liberty means responsibility. That most precious possessions.” It seems whether freedom is a lifestyle, mindset, or natural right; it comes with a price. And, if we want to keep it and use it, we will have to stand up for it. Robert Robert is an author, humorist, and innovation consultant. He works with companies that want to be more competitive and with people who want to think like innovators. For more information on Robert, visit www.jumpstartyourmeeting.com or contact him via e-mail to michele@ worldwidedrillingresource.com Congratulat ions to: Ster l ing Hai r Hai r Pump Sa les Knoxvi l le,, TN Winner for February! Time for a Little Fun! February Puzzle Solution: Hinowa S.p.A. Throop Rock Bit (wrong cutout in puzzle, sorry) Can you identify which ads in this issue these two photos came from? Win a prize! Send your completed puzzle to: WWDR PO Box 660 Bonifay, FL 32425 or fax to: 850-547-0329 Wilson cont’d from page 37. 52 MARCH 2017 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® You can’t get much done by starting tomorrow.