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This has been the practice of the world from its first beginning
This has been the practice of the world from its first beginning to this day; nor is it now any more hindrance to the freedom of mankind, that they ar...

For there are no examples so frequent in history, both sacred and
For there are no examples so frequent in history, both sacred and profane, as those of men withdrawing themselves, and their obedience, from the juris...

The other objection I find urged against the beginning of
The other objection I find urged against the beginning of polities, in the way I have mentioned, is this, viz. That all men being born under governme...

Thus, whether a family by degrees grew up into a common-wealth,
Thus, whether a family by degrees grew up into a common-wealth, and the fatherly authority being continued on to the elder son, every one in his turn ...

And thus in Israel itself, the chief business of their judges, and
And thus in Israel itself, the chief business of their judges, and first kings, seems to have been to be captains in war, and leaders of their armies;...

Thus we see, that the kings of the Indians in America, which is
Thus we see, that the kings of the Indians in America, which is still a pattern of the first ages in Asia and Europe, whilst the inhabitants were too ...

First then, in the beginning of things, the fathers government of
First then, in the beginning of things, the fathers government of the childhood of those sprung from him, having accustomed them to the rule of one ma...

He must shew a strange inclination to deny evident matter of fact,
He must shew a strange inclination to deny evident matter of fact, when it agrees not with his hypothesis, who will not allow, that the beginning of R...

For if the consent of the majority shall not, in reason, be
For if the consent of the majority shall not, in reason, be received as the act of the whole, and conclude every individual; nothing but the consent o...

And thus every man, by consenting with others to make one body
And thus every man, by consenting with others to make one body politic under one government, puts himself under an obligation, to every one of that so...