Swords were given to men, that none might be Slaves, but such as know not how to use them. — 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… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
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
[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld… — 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… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it. — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
I will believe in the right of one man to govern a nation despotically when I find a man born unto the… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
Nay, all laws must fall, human societies that subsist by them be dissolved, and all innocent persons be exposed to the violence… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit… — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the… — 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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