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«The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men.»
Author: William Godwin
«He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. Other men are bound... to deprive him of life or liberty, if that should appear in any case to be indispensably necessary to prevent a greater evil.»
Author: William Godwin
«Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.»
Author: William Godwin
«Obey; this may be right; but beware of reverence. Government is nothing but regulated force; force is its appropriate claim upon your attention. It is the business of individuals to persuade; the tendency of concentrated strength, is only to give consistency and permanence to an influence more compendious than persuasion.»
Author: William Godwin
«Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.»
Author: William Godwin
«Once annihilate the quackery of government, and the most homebred understanding might be strong enough to detect the artifices of the state juggler that would mislead him.»
Author: William Godwin
«Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.»
Author: William Godwin
«Cough, snow.»
Author: William Godwin
«For there is such a thing as a broken spirit.»
Author: William Godwin
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