Herbert Spencer Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• All socialism involves slavery. That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labours under coercion to satisfy anothers desires.

  Herbert Spencer

  Desire, Slavery, Coercion

  Herbert Spencer (2016). “The Man versus the State: Great Essays”, p.37, VM eBooks

• All socialism involves slavery.... That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy another's desires. The relation admits of many gradations. Oppressive taxation is a form of slavery of the individual to the community as a whole. The essential question is -- How much is he compelled to labor for other benefit than his own, and how much can he labor for his own benefit?

  Herbert Spencer

  Responsibility, Community, Desire

• An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.

  Herbert Spencer

  Desire, Elements, Facts

  Herbert Spencer (2016). “Social Statics: Great Essays”, p.110, VM eBooks

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