Algernon Sidney Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Algernon Sidney quotes and sayings page 2 (politician). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 22 we have.
“No right can come by conquest, unless there were a right of making that conquest.”
“'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.”
“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 man were governed by a beast.”
“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.”
“Everyone sees they cannot well live asunder, nor many together, without some rule to which all must submit.”
“Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made?”
“Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.”
“That is the best Government, which best provides for war.”
“All the nations they had to deal with, had the same fate.”
“The truth is, man is hereunto led by reason which is his nature.”
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