41 Quotes by Algernon Sidney

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.

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

[L]iberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted . . .

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

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

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, virtue, and the common good, will always have men to promote those ends; and that which intends the advancement of one man's desire and vanity, will abound in those that will foment them.

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

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

To depend upon the Will of a Man is Slavery.