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Men who long for freedom begin the attempt to obtain it by entreating…

Quote byPeter Kropotkin · 1842–1921

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Law and Authority (1886), I.

English (original)

Men who long for freedom begin the attempt to obtain it by entreating their masters to be kind enough to protect them by modifying the laws which these masters themselves have created! But times and tempers are changed.

— Peter Kropotkin

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