Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. - Quotes, Quotations & Sayings by Edward Gibbon

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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.

topics: Freedom keywords: desires, despotism, fetters, freedom, possessions , poverty

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Edward Gibbon

Date of birth: 1737-04-27

Date of death: 1794-01-16

Quotes number: 37

Nationality: English

Profession: Historian

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