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Algernon Sidney Quotes

Liars need to have good memories Picture Quote #1

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: as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast, that society of men which constitutes a government upon the foundation of justice Picture Quote #1

But it is not necessary to light a candle to the sun Picture Quote #1

It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun Picture Quote #1

Violence and fraud can create no right Picture Quote #1

Men lived like fishes; the great ones devoured the small Picture Quote #1

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No right can come by conquest, unless there were a right of making that conquest Picture Quote #1

There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit to be commanders or leaders, who most excel in the virtues required for the right performance of those offices Picture Quote #1

Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force Picture Quote #1

Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect Picture Quote #1

If the public safety be provided, liberty and propriety secured, justice administered, virtue encouraged, vice suppressed, and the true interest of the nation advanced, the ends of government are accomplished Picture Quote #1

Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty Picture Quote #1

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The only ends for which governments are constituted, and obedience rendered to them, are the obtaining of and protection; and they who cannot provide for both give the people a right of taking such ways as best please themselves, in order to their own safety Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I will believe in the right of one man to govern a nation despotically when I find a man born unto the world with boots and spurs, and a nation with saddles on their backs Picture Quote #1

I will believe in the right of one man to govern a nation despotically when I find a man born into the world with boots and spurs, and a nation born with saddles on their backs Picture Quote #1

Everyone sees they cannot well live asunder, nor many together, without some rule to which all must submit Picture Quote #1

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: as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast, that society of men which constitutes a government upon the foundation of justice, virtue, and the common good, will always have men to promote those ends; and that which intends the advancement of one man’s desire and vanity, will abound in those that will foment them Picture Quote #1

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Liars need to have good memories (Algernon Sidney Quotes) 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: as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast, that society of men which constitutes a government upon the foundation of justice. (Algernon Sidney Quotes) But it is not necessary to light a candle to the sun (Algernon Sidney Quotes) It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun (Algernon Sidney Quotes) Violence and fraud can create no right (Algernon Sidney Quotes) Men lived like fishes; the great ones devoured the small (Algernon Sidney Quotes) No right can come by conquest, unless there were a right of making that conquest (Algernon Sidney Quotes) There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit to be commanders or leaders, who most excel in the virtues required for the right performance of those offices (Algernon Sidney Quotes) Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force (Algernon Sidney Quotes) Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect (Algernon Sidney Quotes) If the public safety be provided, liberty and propriety secured, justice administered, virtue encouraged, vice suppressed, and the true interest of the nation advanced, the ends of government are accomplished (Algernon Sidney Quotes) Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty (Algernon Sidney Quotes) The only ends for which governments are constituted, and obedience rendered to them, are the obtaining of and protection; and they who cannot provide for both give the people a right of taking such ways as best please themselves, in order to their own safety (Algernon Sidney Quotes) 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 Quotes) I will believe in the right of one man to govern a nation despotically when I find a man born unto the world with boots and spurs, and a nation with saddles on their backs (Algernon Sidney Quotes) I will believe in the right of one man to govern a nation despotically when I find a man born into the world with boots and spurs, and a nation born with saddles on their backs (Algernon Sidney Quotes) Everyone sees they cannot well live asunder, nor many together, without some rule to which all must submit (Algernon Sidney Quotes) 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: as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast, that society of men which constitutes a government upon the foundation of justice, virtue, and the common good, will always have men to promote those ends; and that which intends the advancement of one man’s desire and vanity, will abound in those that will foment them (Algernon Sidney Quotes)