"According to this way of arguing, there will……" — Jonathan Mayhew
"According to this way of arguing, there will be no true principles in the world; for there are none but what may be wrested and perverted to serve bad purposes, either through the weakness or wickedness of men."
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Jonathan Mayhew
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23 Quotes by Jonathan Mayhew
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Extremes are dangerous.
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To say that subjects in general are not proper judges (of the law) when their governors oppress them and play…
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Tyranny brings ignorance and brutality with it. It degrades men from their just rank into the class of brutes; it…
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But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.
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People are not usually deprived of their liberties all at once, but gradually, by one encroachment after another, as it…
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I now add, farther, that the apostles argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people…
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Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness
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All civil rulers, as such, are the ordinance and ministers of God; and they are all, by the nature of…
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Till people find themselves greatly abused and oppressed by their governors, they are not apt to complain; and whenever they…
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There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism
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It is our happiness to live under the government of a PRINCE who is satisfied with ruling according to law;…
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It would be stupid tameness, and unaccountable folly, for whole nations to suffer one unreasonable, ambitious and cruel man, to…
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