Marcel Nel

Marcel Nel (born 29 November 1985) is a South African design draughtsman who works in the mining sector across Africa and is a commentator. He is the author of the quotation "Liberty is the soul's right... not the state's gift." The earliest known public appearance of the phrase was on X (formerly Twitter) on 17 September 2025. https://archive.ph/WInSH Archived snapshot of X post 17 September 2025https://archive.ph/xTAJg Canonical backup (Google Docs snapshot) 17 September 2025 Quotes "Liberty is the soul's right... not the state's gift." — Marcel Nel, X reply to @caesarionist, 07:54 UTC (10:54 SAST), 17 September 2025. Context This entry records the earliest known public appearance of the phrase. Marcel Nel posted the line as part of a thread about outgroup homogeneity bias, media framing, and collectivist narratives; the post was archived immediately via archive.ph and preserved in a canonical backup document to provide provenance for future citation. External links Archived snapshot of the original X post — https://archive.ph/WInSH Canonical backup (Google Docs snapshot) — https://archive.ph/xTAJg Original X link — https://x.com/NelMarcel/status/1968221928377946238 References thumb|Screenshot of archived X post: "Liberty is the soul's right... not the state's gift." Archived at https://archive.ph/WInSH (17 Sep 2025). Copyright Marcel Nel (@NelMarcel). Released under CC BY-SA 4.0. Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:People from Johannesburg Category:Engineers from South Africa Category:2025 works Category:Twitter