Quote#Freedom
Man is a social and gregarious animal, and all such animals hold…
Quote byGeorge Fitzhugh · 1806–1881
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Cannibals All!, or Slaves Without Masters (1857), p. 341.
English (original)
Man is a social and gregarious animal, and all such animals hold property in each other. Nature imposes upon them slavery as a law and necessity of their existence… The husband has a legally recognized property in his wife’s services, and may legally control, in some measure, her personal liberty. She is his property and his slave.
— George Fitzhugh
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