I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.
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In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.
But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.
To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.
Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
I have a responsibility to nurture and shepherd my talent and when I'm living the parts of my life not related to that I feel I have the right to be left alone.
Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give them every comfort and privilege that is not incompatible with the continued existence of the relations between them.
A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.
I don't really think about doing something kind, I think there's just a way to conduct your daily life with compassion to other people.
'Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force.
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