Dangerous liberty

Thursday - 16May2019 Filed in: Quotes & Thinkums

““I prefer a dangerous liberty to peaceful slavery.””

““Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem.””
- usually attributed to Count Palatine of Posen, cited by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in The Social Contract and later by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to James Madison.

Tags: dangerous ∙ liberty ∙ peaceful ∙ slavery ∙ Count Palatine of Posen ∙ Jean-Jacques Rousseau ∙ Thomas Jefferson

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