Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established. — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
Machiavel, discoursing on these matters, finds virtue to be so essentially necessary to the establishment and preservation of liberty, that he thinks it impossible… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld otherwise than… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
Everyone sees they cannot well live asunder, nor many together, without some rule to which all must submit. — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
If his Majesty is resolved to have my head, he may make a whistle of my arse if he pleases. — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed. — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
[L]iberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted . . . — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
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