The common Notions of Liberty are not from School Divines, but from Nature.
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No right can come by conquest, unless there were a right of making that conquest.Algernon Sydney
The truth is, man is hereunto led by reason which is his nature.
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A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast.
Algernon Sydney
Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.
Algernon Sydney
To depend upon the Will of a Man is Slavery.
Algernon Sydney
God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.
Algernon Sydney
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