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Algernon Sydney

"'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."

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"'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."

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"I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect."

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"Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe."

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"To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning."

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"Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not."

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"All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals."

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Amber Hurdle

"I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force."

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"Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best."

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"There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal."

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"I went to Ft Bragg and learned that Delta was indeed gearing up for the rescue. Still I was concerned the Reagan staff would not be willing to take the risk of sending an official military force into Laos."

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"The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved."

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"The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy."
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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."
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"All the nations they had to deal with, had the same fate."
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"The common Notions of Liberty are not from School Divines, but from Nature."
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"No right can come by conquest, unless there were a right of making that conquest."
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"That is the best Government, which best provides for war."
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"The truth is, man is hereunto led by reason which is his nature."
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"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."
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"Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made?"
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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."
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