John Milton Quotes
… who would vindicate your right of unrestrained suffrage, or of choosing what representatives you liked best, merely that you might elect the creatures of your own faction, whoever they might be, or him, however small might be his worth, who would give you the most lavish feasts and enable you to drink to the greatest excess?
He was stating the major objections that were given by many of the royalty and the upper class who opposed universal suffrage. Milton however supported the right of all men to vote. See {632509}. Even in the 21st century, there are right wingers who oppose universal suffrage on the grounds that the lower classes vote only concerned by what they materially will obtain, as if many people of all classes do not do that and that all poor do. For additional reasons see {632533}.
John Milton, 1608-1674, English Writer, Second Defense of the People of England
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He was stating the major objections that were given by many of the royalty and the upper class who opposed universal suffrage. For additional reasons see {632532}. Milton however supported the right of all men to vote. See {632509}.
John Milton was an English poet and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious shifts and political instability, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667). Written in blank verse, Paradise Lost is widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written.
