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. -- Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) distinguishes the slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy anothers desires. The relation admits of many gradations. Oppressive taxation is a form of slavery of the individual to the community as a whole. The essential question is -- How much is he compelled to labor for other benefit than his own, and how much can he labor for his own benefit? -- Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) British author, economist, philosopher Source: The Man Versus the State -1884 quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Herbert.Spencer.Quote.3936
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