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Men Quotes - Page 345

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

Jeane J. Kirkpatrick (1988). “Political and moral dimensions”, p.435, Transaction Publishers

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Jane Austen (2008). “Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.”, p.79, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

A state is a perfect body of free men, united together to enjoy common rights and advantages.

Hugo Grotius (1814). “The Rights of War and Peace: Including the Law of Nature and of Nations”, p.28

That government is best which governs least.

Civil Disobedience (1849) See Ralph Waldo Emerson 29; O'Sullivan 1; Shipley 1