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Originally Posted by Manwe
"...(even his own)" this is Sauron, the quote continues in a similar style, reflecting the feelings of all those who had possession of the ring for a time, Isuldur, Gollum and Bilbo and to an extent Frodo.
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I don't see this as implying Sauron's subserviency. We should look at the whole quote: it says: beyond his will to injure it, cast it away or neglect it. Now seeing that Sauron would have demanded absolute obedience from all inhabitants of Middle Earth should he have become victorious, and that he thirsted for power all along, this simply underlines the great power that he put in the ring - a power he would not neglect (and esspecially not hurt) - to do so, would be against all his inner motivations. If Sauron would stop being obssessed with power, and building more of it, I guess he would stop being Sauron; his motivations were the same, ever since the overthrow of Melkor - rule the whole world. It was the other ring-bearers that had their motivations/behaviours changed due to the influences of the ring.