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Political economy is the science of free society. Its theory and its history alike establish this position. Its fundamental maxims, Laissez-faire and 'Pas trop gouverner' are at war with all kinds of slavery, for they in fact assert that individuals and peoples prosper most when governed least.

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But, to protect men, we must have the power of controlling them. We must first enslave them before we can protect them.

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My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.
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George Fitzhugh

George Fitzhugh

Born: November 4, 1806
Died: July 30, 1881 (aged 74)
Bio: George Fitzhugh was an American social theorist who published racial and slavery-based sociological theories in the antebellum era. He argued that "the negro is but a grown up child" who needs the economic and social protections of slavery.

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