- 04093 - 9 - Terrorism and the Right to Resist : A Theory of Just Revolutionary War
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As impostors seldom make lies to pass in the world, without putting false names upon things, [ . . . ] to persuade the people they ought not to defend their liberties, by giving the name of rebellion to the most just and honourable actions that have been performed for the preservation of them; and to aggravate the matter, fear not to tell us that rebellion is like the sin of witchcraft. But those who seek after truth, will easily find [ . . . ] that rebellion is not always evil. Algernon Sidney2
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