Erasmus. As a woodcock, otherwise loud, being taken, becomes dumb; so slavery renders some men speechless, who, if they were free, would tell their minds freely.
Nazianzen. Discord is better for the advantage of piety, than dissembled concord.
Bernard. But if scandal arise for the truth, it is better to
suffer scandal than relinquish the truth.
Bracton. He is a king who rightly governs, a tyrant who oppresses
his people.
Cicero. He loses all right to government, who, by that
government, overturns the common-weal.
Aristotle. He who obeys the law, obeys both God and the law; who
obeys the king, a man and a beast.
Sueton. They are not bound to be loyal to a wicked king, under
the pains of perjury.
Ambrose. He that does not keep off injury from his neighbour, if
he can do it, is as much in the fault as he who does it.
Chamier. But all subjects have right of resisting tyrants, who by open force acquire dominion.
Barclay. Against contenders for Monarchy. All antiquity agrees, that tyrants can, most justly, be attacked and slain as public enemies, not only by the public, but also by individual persons.