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Quote from Abraham Cowley,


"The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government; the liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country."


By:

Abraham Cowley (more quotes by Abraham Cowley or books by/about Abraham Cowley)


(1618-1667) English poet

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God, Government, Law, Liberty, Privacy, Republic

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