“…but you will rule a people who can endure neither complete slavery, nor complete freedom.”
…sed imperaturus es hominibus qui, nec totam servitutem pati possunt nec totam libertatem.
Tacitus, Histories 1.16.28
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Sounds sort of like a recipe for “voluntary servitude,” something we are very familiar with today.