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The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason. -- Mary Wollstonecraft
Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect. -- Bruno Bettelheim
Now a slave is not 'held' by any legal contract, obligation, duty, or authority, which the laws will enforce. He is 'held' only by brute force. One person beats another until the latter will obey him, work for him, if he require it, or do nothing if he require it. -- Lysander Spooner

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