Be a slave Quote by Algernon Sidney Download Open image “Swords were given to men, that none might be Slaves, but such as know not how to use them.” — Algernon Sidney ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Be a slave Given Knows Men Might Slave Use
“And they are ignorant that the purpose of the sword is to save every man from slavery.” — Marcus Annaeus Lucanus Copy Share Image
“but he was also a man who clearly understood the limits of the power of the sword. "Do you know," he said in those… — Emil Ludwig Copy Share Image
“Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.” — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
New eras don't come about because of swords, they're created by the people who wield them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Swords are no good against the ironmen, unless the men who wield them know how to walk on water.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords — Alan Watts 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
“Freedom is for the educated people who fought for it. We were slaves of the English, now we will be slaves of the educated… — Khushwant Singh Copy Share Image
Neither should men study war with a view to the enslavement of those who do not deserve to be enslaved; but first of all… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Once a man has tasted freedom he will never be content to be a slave. That is why I believe that this frightfulness we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Christ preaches only servitude and dependence... True Christians are made to be slaves. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Everyone wants a happy life without difficulties or suffering. We create many of the problems we face. No one intentionally creates problems, but we… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Unless you have found something in life to live for that is more important to you than your own life, you will always be… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
People allow themselves to be slaves of their bad habits and society's bad habits - but they have free will, and if they wish… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Colonization was the idea that once slavery ended African-Americans should be encouraged - or required, in some people's view - required to leave the… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image