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God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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Such as have reason, understanding, or common sense, will, and ought to make use of it in those things that concern themselves and their posterity, and suspect the words of such as are interested in deceiving or persuading them not to see with their own eyes. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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That is the best Government, which best provides for war. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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The common Notions of Liberty are not from School Divines, but from Nature. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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The truth is, man is hereunto led by reason which is his nature. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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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

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This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless it were natural. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made? ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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