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Algernon Sidney, an English politician and philosopher, was a prominent advocate for republican government and individual liberty during the 17th century. His writings, particularly "Discourses Concerning Government," influenced Enlightenment thinkers and contributed to the development of liberal political theory.
"If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established."
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"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."
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