"To say that subjects in general are not……" — Jonathan Mayhew
"To say that subjects in general are not proper judges (of the law) when their governors oppress them and play the tyrant, and when they defend their rights ...is as great a treason as ever a man uttered."
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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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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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There are men who strike at liberty under the term licentiousness
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