Tao Te Ching

“There is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for by birth all men are free; they are citizens of the universal commonwealth which embraces all the world, brethren of one family”

— Lord Acton 1834 – 1902 CE
(John Dalberg-Acton)
Prolific historian and politician
from The History of Freedom in Antiquity, 1877