Every law is contrary to liberty.

Jeremy Bentham

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Law Freedom

Author

Jeremy Bentham

Source

Principles of the Civil Code The Works of Jeremy Bentham

Medium

Essay

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Political literature

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Bentham, Jeremy, "Principles of the Civil Code." The Works of Jeremy Bentham, edited by John Bowring. Vol. 1, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1843.

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We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.

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Source
Philosophy of History
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Hegel, G. W. F. Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte [Lectures on the Philosophy of World History]. c. 1830, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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Hegel, G. W. F. Lectures on the Philosophy of World History, translated by H. B. Nisbet. Cambridge University Press, 1981.

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The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression, even though that cost be blood.

W.E.B. Du Bois

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Freedom Oppression Political theory

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W.E.B. Du Bois
Language
English
Time
1909 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. John Brown. George W. Jacobs and Company, 1909, ch. 13.

Current Citation

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