As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.
If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.
I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.
See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
If you don't want to be a slave, stop acting like a slave.
Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.
An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave.
Would any one believe that I am master of slaves by my own purchase? I am drawn along by the general inconvenience of living without them.
The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.