Mary Astell Quote

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.


The first English feminist: reflections upon marriage and other writings (ed. 1986)


The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.