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Etienne de La Boétie, born on November 1, 1530 and died on August 18, 1563, was a French writer known for his philosophical and political essays. His most famous work, 'Discourse on Voluntary Servitude,' had a profound impact on subsequent political philosophy.

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Freedom Honor Resolve

Author:Etienne de La Boetie

“It is incredible how as soon as a people become subject, it promptly falls into such complete forgetfulness of its freedom that it can hardly be roused to the point of regaining it, obeying so easily and willingly that one is led to say that this people has not so much lost its liberty as won its enslavement.”

People Fall Lost Liberty Society Subjects Incredibles Forgetfulness Obeying Enslavement

Author:Etienne de La Boetie

“Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break into pieces.”