Gregory of Nyssa taught that “We are in some manner our own parents, giving birth to ourselves by our own free choice in accordance with whatever we wish to be … molding ourselves to the teaching of virtue or vice.”

Source: https://www.deseret.com/2023/4/29/23689859/terryl-givens-authenticity-and-religion

We seek a region in which all countries and peoples can exercise free choice on how they cooperate and trade based on partnership, equality and mutual respect.”

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/05/instead-of-sydney-quad-gathers-in-hiroshima/