|   |  "[T]here is a difference between lions and asses;
 and he is a fool who knows not that swords were given to men,
 that none might be slaves, but such as know not how to use them."
 |   | Quote by: | Algernon Sidney(1622-1683) English statesman, republican political theorist, colonel, and opponent of King Charles II of England, who was charged with plotting against the King and was executed for treason.
 |  | Source: | Discourses Concerning Government 270 (1763) |  |  |  |  |   |  |  
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