“In short order they fell into the same pit as their rivals, who had for decades ignored the plain and simple fact that to a starving man “freedom” implies a full rice-bowl—or, if he has an exceptional imagination, a healthy ox to pull his plough. It has nothing to do with voting for a political delegate.”

Part 1.3 Rights of Man
1790s, Rights of Man, Part I (1791)

Alternate translation: I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

II.32. Original Greek: εἰδέναι μὲν μηδὲν πλὴν αὐτὸ τοῦτο [εἰδέναι].
Diogenes Laertius

Source: Meditations in Wall Street (1940), p. 117

Aucun homme n'a recu de la nature le droit de commander aux autres. La liberté est un présent du ciel, et chaque individu de la meme espèce a le droit d'en jouir aussitòt qu'il jouit de la raison.
Article on Political Authority, Vol. 1, (1751) as quoted in Selected Writings (1966) edited by Lester G. Crocker
Variant translation: No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
L'Encyclopédie (1751-1766)

As quoted in &quot;The Quiet German&quot; http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/01/quiet-german (1 December 2014), by George Paker, The New Yorker. <br class="br">2014

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.1, p. 23.
Religious Wisdom

Source: Anna Karenina

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