Edward Gibbon

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.
Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.
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These are some quotes by English author Edward Gibbon Historian, who lived between April 27, 1737 and January 16, 1794.