Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed.. To constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.
Algernon Sydney
liberty
This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless it were natural.
All the nations they had to deal with, had the same fate.
fate nations
The general revolt of a Nation cannot be called a Rebellion.
nations
Everyone sees they cannot well live asunder, nor many together, without some rule to which all must submit.
rules
No right can come by conquest, unless there were a right of making that conquest.
rights
Such as have reason, understanding, or common sense, will, and ought to make use of it in those things that concern themselves and their posterity, and suspect the words of such as are interested in deceiving or persuading them not to see with their own eyes.
posterity
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