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Liberty and virtue

If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.

Author Greg RavenPosted on January 2, 2012November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories virtueTags Algernon Sidney

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