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Quote from William Godwin,

In 1793, William Godwin wrote that “To dragoon man into the adoption of what we think right, is an intolerable tyranny.”



By:

William Godwin (more quotes by William Godwin or books by/about William Godwin)


(1756-1836) English journalist, political philosopher and novelist

Source:

William Godwin, ENQUIRY CONCERNING POLITICAL JUSTICE (1798), Book IV, Chapter i, Paragraph 10.

Courtesy of:

http://voluntaryist.com/journal-of-libertarian-studies/the-logic-of-anarchy/

Categories:

Control, Oppression, Tyranny, Force

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