"You see no narrowing of your freedom in whatever the requirements may be for a politically independent Alpha Crucis region, any more than you see a narrowing of it in laws against murder or robbery. These imperatives accord with your desires. But others may feel otherwise. What is freedom, except having one's particular cage reach further than one cares to fly?" -- Erannath, a Ythrian, in The Day of Their Return by Poul Anderson (1973, Nelson Doubleday, New York)