Algernon Sidney Quotes

Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made? - Algernon Sidney

To depend upon the Will of a Man is Slavery. - Algernon Sidney

'Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force. - Algernon Sidney

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. - Algernon Sidney

There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit to be commanders or leaders, who most excel in the virtues required for the right performance of those offices. - Algernon Sidney

The truth is, man is hereunto led by reason which is his nature. - Algernon Sidney

The general revolt of a Nation cannot be called a Rebellion. - Algernon Sidney

The common Notions of Liberty are not from School Divines, but from Nature. - Algernon Sidney

The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy. - Algernon Sidney

That is the best Government, which best provides for war. - Algernon Sidney

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