Algernon Sidney Quotes
We need no other proof ... than what we have seen in our own country, where in a few years good discipline and a just encouragement given to those who did well, produced more examples of pure, complete, incorruptible, and invincible virtue than Rome or Greece could ever boast
Algernon Sidney, 1622-1683, British Republican & Member of Parliament, Argument that France’s apparent prosperity and peace were illusionary, Discourses on Government, 1698
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Written after witnessing the excesses of the Court of King Charles II:
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Burke was one of the few in England who predicted economic and commercial success of America.
There are a number of reasons for punishing someone for violating a law. Confucius argues that when the person will no longer continue to commit the crime, further punishment is uncalled for. However, others would argue that there are other reasons to keep punishing a person including retribution / vengeance, incapacitation (people can’t commit crimes if they are in jail), and prevention (make an example to discourage others).
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Dr. Franklin, the oldest delegate, had written his speech but was feeling too weak to present it. The other Pennsylvania delegate, James Wilson, read his speech.
Prevented by the Military from ever taking office
Algernon Sidney or Sydney was an English politician and member of the middle part of the Long Parliament. A republican political theorist, colonel, and commissioner of the trial of King Charles I of England, he opposed the king's execution. Sidney was later charged with plotting against Charles II, in part based on his most famous work, Discourses Concerning Government, which was used by the prosecution as a witness at his trial. He was executed for treason. After his death, Sidney was revered as a "Whig patriot–hero and martyr".
