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Quote from Isaiah Berlin,


"But to manipulate men, to propel them toward goals
which you -- the social reformers -- see, but they may not,
is to deny their human essence,
to treat them as objects without wills of their own,
and therefore to degrade them."


By:

Isaiah Berlin (more quotes by Isaiah Berlin or books by/about Isaiah Berlin)


(1909-1997) Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher, historian

Source:

Two Concepts of Liberty, 1958

Categories:

Collectivist, Debt, Hypocrisy, Independence, Individual Rights, Oppression, Prejudice, Respect, Socialism

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