Till people find themselves greatly abused and oppressed by their governors, they are not apt to complain; and … - Jonathan Mayhew

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Jonathan Mayhew

Till people find themselves greatly abused and oppressed by their governors, they are not apt to complain; and whenever they do, in fact, find themselves thus abused and oppressed, they must be stupid not to complain

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The king is as much bound by his oath not to infringe the legal rights of the people, as the people are bound to yield subjection to him. From whence it follows that as soon as the prince sets himself above the law, he loses the king in the tyrant. He does, to all intents and purposes, un-king himself.

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People are not usually deprived of their liberties all at once, but gradually, by one encroachment after another, as it is found they are disposed to bear them.

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Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness

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They are more properly ‘The Messengers of Satan to buffet us. ’ No rulers are properly God’s ministers, but such as are ‘just, ruling in the fear of God. ’ When once magistrates act contrary to their office, and the end of their institution when they rob and ruin the public, instead of being guardians of its peace … they immediately cease to be the ordinance and ministers of God, and no more deserve that glorious character than common pirates and highwaymen.

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To say that subjects in general are not proper judges (of the law) when their governors oppress them and play the tyrant, and when they defend their rights. . . is as great a treason as ever a man uttered.

Defend, Governors, Men, Rights, Subjects, Trust

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