What citizens of a free country would listen to any offers of good and…

John Stuart Mill
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What citizens of a free country would listen to any offers of good and skillful administration in return for the abdication of freedom? ✨ John Stuart Mill (1870). The Subjection of Women ... Third Edition, p.180
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