Men are not ‘born entitled to equal right! It would be far nearer the truth to say, ‘that some were born with saddles on their backs, and others booted and spurred to ride them’—and the riding does them good.

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

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