Any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws.

William Penn

Frame of Government

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Political theory

Author

William Penn

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Frame of Government

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Political literature

Language

English

Time

1682 1680s 17th century

Occupation

Early American

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Penn, William. Frame of Government. 1682, preface.

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Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him.

John Selden

Table Talk (Selden)

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John Selden
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Table Talk (Selden)
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Time
1689 1680s 17th century
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Selden, John. "Law." The Table-Talk Of John Selden. London: J.M. Dent and Company, 1689.

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Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.

James Madison

Federalist 10

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James Madison
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Federalist 10 The Federalist Papers
Medium
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Political literature
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English
Time
1787 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

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Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.