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The great object of government is to restrict, control and punish man ‘in the pursuit of happiness.’

— George Fitzhugh Sociology For The South: Or The Failure Of A Free Society (1854)

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The negro slaves of the South are the happiest, and, in some sense, the freest people in the world.

Cannibals All!, or Slaves Without Masters (1857)

A man loves his children because they are weak, helpless and dependent; he loves his wife for similar reasons.

Sociology For The South: Or The Failure Of A Free Society (1854)

Liberty and equality are not only destructive to the morals, but to the happiness of society.

Sociology For The South: Or The Failure Of A Free Society (1854)

What a glorious thing to man is slavery, when want, misfortune, old age, debility and sickness overtake him.

Sociology For The South: Or The Failure Of A Free Society (1854)

Free trade or political economy is the science of free society, and socialism is the science of slavery.

Sociology For The South: Or The Failure Of A Free Society (1854)

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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

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