Authority Quote by Algernon Sidney

“Nay, all laws must fall, human societies that subsist by them be dissolved, and all innocent persons be exposed to the violence of the most wicked, if men might not justly defend themselves against injustice by their own natural right, when the ways prescribed by publick authority cannot be taken.”

Algernon Sidney

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

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

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Everyone sees they cannot well live asunder, nor many together, without some rule to which all must submit.

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For violence or fraud can create no right.

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It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun

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Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought…

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

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Violence and fraud can create no right.

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

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

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