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Quotation from Discourse on Voluntary Servitude by Étienne de La Boétie
“Resolve not to obey, and you are free.”
Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, Of Voluntary Servitude, the address to the peoples, trans. Anonymous (1735)
After listing everything a tyrant takes from his subjects, La Boétie states his remedy in one line.
Citation: "Resolve not to obey, and you are free." — Étienne de La Boétie, Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, Of Voluntary Servitude, the address to the peoples, trans. Anonymous (1735). (id discourse-on-voluntary-servitude-q1)
