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Algernon Sidney Quotes: God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.
         

God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.


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[L]iberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted . . .

[L]iberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted . . .



Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made?

Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made?



Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force.

Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force.



Men lived like fishes; the great ones devoured the small.

Men lived like fishes; the great ones devoured the small.



If his Majesty is resolved to have my head, he may make a whistle of my arse if he pleases.

If his Majesty is resolved to have my head, he may make a whistle of my arse if he pleases.



I will believe in the right of one man to govern a nation despotically when I find a man born unto the world with boots and spurs, and a nation with saddles on their backs.

I will believe in the right of one man to govern a nation despotically when I find a man born unto the world with boots and spurs, and a nation with saddles on their backs.



That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed.

That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed.



For violence or fraud can create no right.

For violence or fraud can create no right.



Liars need to have good memories.

Liars need to have good memories.



[I]f vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.

[I]f vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.





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