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> [Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-marcuse/free-election-of-masters-does-not-abolish-the-masters-or-the-slaves/)

[Herbert Marcuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-marcuse/)

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> [Liberty is the only true riches: of all the rest we are at once the masters and the slaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/liberty-is-the-only-true-riches-of-all-the-rest-we-are-at-once-the/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

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> [For suppose that every tool we had could perform its task, either at our bidding or itself perceiving the need, and if-like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/for-suppose-that-every-tool-we-had-could-perform-its-task-either-at/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [“Those fierce animal passions of his were his masters, not his slaves, and he was as much their victim as those he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teresa-denys/those-fierce-animal-passions-of-his-were-his-masters-not-his-slaves/)

[Teresa Denys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teresa-denys/)

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> [Kings and their subjects, masters and slaves, find a common level in two places - at the foot of the cross, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/kings-and-their-subjects-masters-and-slaves-find-a-common-level-in/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves. Free choice among a wide variety of goods and services…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-marcuse/free-election-of-masters-does-not-abolish-the-masters-or-the-slaves-2/)

[Herbert Marcuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-marcuse/)

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