Jorge Luis Borges
Writer, Poet
"A system is nothing more than the subordination of all aspects of the universe to any one of such aspects."
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Subordination
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Philip Roth
Novelist
"Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war."
Lewis Henry Morgan
Anthropologist
"Rise of capitalism was responsible for the subordination of Woman"
Ayn Rand
Philosopher, Novelist
"Collectivism requires self-sacrifice, the subordination of one's interests to those of others."
Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
"Money confounds subordination."
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"I am a friend to subordination, as most conducive to the happiness of society. There is a reciprocal pleasure in governing and being governed."
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"The necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained."
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"Where equality is undisputed, so also is subordination."
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