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Quotes from Essay on the First Principles of Government, 2nd Edition — Joseph Priestley

1733–1804 England

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Governors will never be awed by the voice of the people, so long as it is a mere voice, without overt-acts.

Essay on the First Principles of Government, 2nd Edition (1771)

If the power of government be very extensive, and the subjects of it have, consequently, little power over their own actions, that government is tyrannical, and oppressive; whether, with respect to its form, it be a monarchy, an aristocracy, or even a republic.

Essay on the First Principles of Government, 2nd Edition (1771)

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