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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."
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View Full Quote"Be resolved to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break in pieces."
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View Full Quote"Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference, while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude."
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The Constitution of Liberty
A comprehensive treatise on the principles of a free society, exploring the nature of freedom, the rule of law, and the conditions necessary for in...
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A profound analysis of American democratic society and its implications for the future of democracy, exploring the nature of equality, individualis...
Read MoreDiscourse on Voluntary Servitude
Written around 1549 by the young French magistrate Étienne de La Boétie and first published posthumously in 1576, this founding text of libertarian...
Read MoreLaw, Legislation and Liberty
A three-volume work exploring the relationship between law, individual liberty, and social order in free societies
Read MorePrinciples of Politics Applicable to All Governments
Major work on political philosophy distinguishing between ancient and modern liberty, arguing for constitutional limits on government power and ind...
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