To depend upon the Will of a Man is Slavery.

"Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted."

Algernon Sidney

"'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

"If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established."

Algernon Sidney

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