That they who have no voice or vote in the electing of
representatives, do not enjoy liberty, but are absolutely enslaved
to those who have votes and their representatives; for to be
enslaved is to have governors whom other men have set over us, and
to be subject to laws made by the representatives of others,
without having had representatives of our own to give consent in
our behalf."
Suppose I read it with the feminine gender:
"That women who have no voice nor vote in the electing of
representatives, do not enjoy liberty, but are absolutely enslaved
to men who have votes and their representatives; for to be enslaved
is to have governors whom men have set over us, and to be subject
to the laws made by the representatives of men, without having
representatives of our own to give consent in our behalf."
And yet one more authority; that of Thomas Paine, than whom not one of
the Revolutionary patriots more ably vindicated the principles upon
which our government is founded:
"The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by
which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to
reduce man to a state of slavery; for slavery consists in being
subject to the will of another; and he that has not a vote in the
election of representatives is in this case.
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