Algernon Sidney Quotes

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• Liars need to have good memories.
• Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the fruits they bear:…
• The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy.
• The general revolt of a Nation cannot be called a Rebellion.
• Such as have reason, understanding, or common sense, will, and ought to make use of it in those things that concern themselves and their posterity,…
• 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…
• All the nations they had to deal with, had the same fate.
• The common Notions of Liberty are not from School Divines, but from Nature.
• To depend upon the Will of a Man is Slavery.
• The truth is, man is hereunto led by reason which is his nature.
• This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless…
• Liars ought to have good memories
• If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.
• Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted.

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