What Mary Wollstonecraft thinks about politics

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English moral and political philosopher (1759 to 1797); author of A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).

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18 Dec 1790

Our readingEnglish liberty has been reduced to the security of property, a selfish principle to which nobler ones are sacrificed

Their wordsSecurity of property! Behold, in a few words, the definition of English liberty. And to this selfish principle every nobler one is sacrificed.

↗A Vindication of the Rights of Men (2nd ed., 1790)en.wikisource.org All 5 from this book