At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.

Our founding fathers declared independence from Great Britain because they were dissatisfied with the laws and policies that they believed abridged their freedoms. Had they taken the stance that many want our professional athletes to take - to just shut up and honor your country no matter what - we would be living in British colonies.

At each increase of knowledge as well as on the contrivance of every new tool human labour becomes abridged.