The right to be unhappy
Mustapha Mond: We prefer to do things comfortably.
John: But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.
Mustapha Mond: In fact, you’re claiming the right to be unhappy.
John: All right, then, I’m claiming the right to be unhappy.
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Context: The Savage rejects the World State’s comfortable, managed life in his debate with the World Controller.
Not in a duel yet
Source: Chapter 17