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Algernon Sidney

Algernon Sidney

English Politician

Born: 1623

Died: 1683

Best Government Liberty Man Men Will

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Liars need to have good memories. Algernon Sidney

Good Memories Liars Need

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

People Liberty Manners Preserved Corrupted Cannot

The general revolt of a Nation cannot be called a Rebellion. Algernon Sidney

Rebellion Nation General Revolt Cannot

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. Algernon Sidney

Government Nature Man Justice Men Beast Society Trees Seeds Bear Come Known Always Begets Same Fruits Which Roots Foundation

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. Algernon Sidney

Best Men Nothing Unknown Ought Divest Perfect Never Wisest Permanent Passions Affections Which Themselves Many Wholly Things

All the nations they had to deal with, had the same fate. Algernon Sidney

Fate Had Deal Same Nations

That is the best Government, which best provides for war. Algernon Sidney

War Government Best Provides Which

No right can come by conquest, unless there were a right of making that conquest. Algernon Sidney

Unless Come Making Were Conquest Right

To depend upon the Will of a Man is Slavery. Algernon Sidney

Man Will Depend Slavery

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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