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Quote from Herbert Spencer,


"If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their
liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves? If people by
a plebiscite elect a man despot over them, do they remain free
because the despotism was of their own making?"


By:

Herbert Spencer (more quotes by Herbert Spencer or books by/about Herbert Spencer)


(1820-1903) British author, economist, philosopher

Date:

1884

Categories:

Democracy, Freedom, Government, Tyranny, Usurpation, Liberty, Slavery, Slavery

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