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Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get
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"Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children"

- Albert Camus

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Albert Camus is recommending that every male requires to have some type of control over others in order to feel effective and in control of their own lives. He is implying that even those who are at the bottom of the social ladder have some form of control over their partners or children. He is recommending that having control over others is as essential to a man as tidy air is to his survival. He is suggesting that having power and control over others is a standard human requirement, which even those who are disenfranchised can still have some kind of control. Camus is suggesting that having power and control over others is a basic part of being human, and that it is something that everyone needs in order to feel fulfilled.

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Albert Camus This quote is written / told by Albert Camus between November 7, 1913 and January 4, 1960. He was a famous Philosopher from France. The author also have 89 other quotes.

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