howard congratulates mckew, page-41

Misty

You will over the course of time come to realize that you have very little freedom and it lessens as you age.

Doesn't mean you have to be bitter with the world however it is best understood if you accept that every form of governence is about control and not freedom.
For the good of the people of course.

There is less difference in the forms of rule than you might perhaps think.