Necessity, the tyrant's plea

Quote by John Milton

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Servant of God, well done; well hast thou fought The better fight

Servant of God, well done; well hast thou fought The better fight

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

A mind not to be changed by place or time, the mind is its own...

A mind not to be changed by place or time, the mind is its own...

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

For solitude is sometimes best society, And short retirement urges sweet return

For solitude is sometimes best society, And short retirement urges sweet return

Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail / Or knock the breast, no weakness,...

Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail / Or knock the breast, no weakness,...

Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death,...

Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death,...

If there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it...

If there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it...

Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities.

Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities.

Laws can discover sin, but not remove it

Laws can discover sin, but not remove it

So dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure, without him...

So dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure, without him...

Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun...

Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun...

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

So dear I love him, that with him all deaths I could endure, without him...

So dear I love him, that with him all deaths I could endure, without him...

For what can war, but endless war, still breed?

For what can war, but endless war, still breed?

The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the...

The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the...

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience,...

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience,...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

The greatest lesson we can learn from the past. . . is that freedom is...

The greatest lesson we can learn from the past. . . is that freedom is...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near