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The Spirit of Laws [De l’esprit des lois], Vol. 1, Book 15, ch. 1 (1748) - Montesquieu, Baron de | WIST Quotations
Slavery is not good in itself: it is neither useful to the master nor to the slave, because the slave can do nothing from virtuous motives; nor to the master, because he contracts amongst his slaves all sorts of bad habits -- he becomes haughty, passionate, obdurate, vindictive, voluptuous, and…