“ Where liberty cannot be hoped for, and power can, power becomes the grand object of human desire ”
John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women (1869). copy citation
| Author | John Stuart Mill |
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| Source | The Subjection of Women |
| Topic | liberty power |
| Date | 1869 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27083/27083-h/27083-h.htm |
Context
“refused the command of itself, it will assert its personality by attempting to control others. To allow to any human beings no existence of their own but what depends on others, is giving far too high a premium on bending others to their purposes. [Pg 182] Where liberty cannot be hoped for, and power can, power becomes the grand object of human desire; those to whom others will not leave the undisturbed management of their own affairs, will compensate themselves, if they can, by meddling for their own purposes with the affairs of others. Hence also women's passion for personal beauty, and dress and display;”
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