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Metaphysicians and politicians may dispute forever, but they will never find any other moral principle or foundation of rule or obedience, than the consent of governors and governed.
Novanglus Essays (1774)
Opposition, nay, open, avowed resistance by arms, against usurpation and lawless violence, is not rebellion by the law of God or the land.
Novanglus Essays (1774)
Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.
Novanglus Essays (1774)
Remember the frank Veteran acknowledges, that "the word rebel is a convertible term."
Novanglus Essays (1774)
A government of laws, and not of men.
Novanglus Essays (1774)