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Tyranny
Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights,
Howe'er his own commence, can never be
But an usurper.

— Henry Brooke Gustavus Vasa (1739)

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For righteous monarchs,
Justly to judge, with their own eyes should see;
To rule o’er freemen, should themselves be free.

The Earl of Essex (1761)

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