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"It is therefore the inhabitants of countries who allow themselves to be coerced who are unnatural, since freedom is their natural state; and their slavery is born of their own fault, not of any lack of courage, but rather of some scorn of their natural condition and some unaccountable failure of good sense."

— de La Boétie, Étienne event 1576

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Democracy in America

person Tocqueville, Alexis de event 1835

A profound analysis of American democratic society and its implications for the future of democracy, exploring the nature of equality, individualis...

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Discourse on Voluntary Servitude

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Written around 1549 by the young French magistrate Étienne de La Boétie and first published posthumously in 1576, this founding text of libertarian...

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de La Boétie, Étienne

event 1530 - 1563

French political philosopher and magistrate, author of the foundational text on voluntary servitude and the withdrawal of consent as the means of d...

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