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Discourse on Voluntary Servitude

16th century French text arguing that rulers stay in power due to the submissive and obedient behavior of the subjects
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    Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, by Étienne de La Boétie, 1576
    Electronic text of the 1942 English translation by Harry Kurz available at the Online Library of Liberty, in HTML, PDF and Kindle formats

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