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The creator of nature has established absolute equality and perfect liberty for mankind, and has ordained that whoever violates these rights is in a state of sedition with God’s lawful society…. Every man is obliged to defend these rights against their oppressors.

He had written this at the request of Joan van der Capellen, the Dutch revolutionist, to have a Christian theological justification for revolution against the then Dutch monarchy. See {639741} and {639742}.

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FREDERIK ADOLF VAN DER MARCK