Quotes by Algernon Sidney

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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.

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

  ― Algernon Sidney
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• Liars need to have good memories.

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

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Subjects in these quotes:

• constitutes
• established
• foundation
• corruption
• advantage
• arbitrary

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