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Necessity (n.) we ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠bear patiently; ill-will we cannot — a child never rebels against "There is none left" unless he thinks it false.

Necessity (n.) may ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as well be worn as a free man, since I should have to wear its chains even as a slave, together with the additional fetters of slavery.

Necessity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the heavy yoke every finite being must bow under; let the child find it in things, not in men's caprices — let the curb be force, not authority.

Necessity (n.) rather ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠than freedom is the meaningless word: there is no will properly so called without freedom, and that is the third article of the creed.

Necessity (n.) to ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠live excuses everything: "Sir, I must live," said the lampoonist; "I do not see the necessity," said the minister — an answer barbarous in any mouth but his.