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“The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.” Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia
“I'll tell you . . . what real love is. It is blind devotion, unquestioning self-humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your whole heart and soul to the smiter—as I did!” Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
“We have had the morality of submission, and the morality of chivalry and generosity; the time is now come for the morality of justice.” John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women
“I don’t think, sir, you have a right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
“If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive; and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless. If, when the soldiers have become attached to you, punishments are not enforced, they will...” Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“The failure of global summits on the environment make it plain that our politics are subject to technology and finance.” Pope Francis, Laudato si'
“Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.” Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island

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