But in reason if one man has no right to command all other men--the expedient of despotism--neither has he any right to command even one other man; n… - Isabel Paterson

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But in reason if one man has no right to command all other men--the expedient of despotism--neither has he any right to command even one other man; nor yet have ten men, or a million, the right to command even one other man, for ten times nothing is nothing, and a million times nothing is nothing.

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About Isabel Paterson

Isabel Paterson (22 January 1886 – 10 January 1961) was a best-selling writer, influential literary critic, and libertarian philosopher.

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Birth Name: Isabel Mary Bowler
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