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| so:text | We are told: "It is a universal truth, that he that would excite a rebellion, is at heart as great a tyrant as ever wielded the iron rod of oppression." Be it so. We are not exciting a rebellion. Opposition, nay, open, avowed resistance by arms, against usurpation and lawless violence, is not rebellion by the law of God or the land. Resistance to lawful authority makes rebellion. … Remember the frank Veteran acknowledges, that "the word rebel is a convertible term. (en) |
| so:isPartOf | https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Adams |
| so:description | Novanglus essays (1774–1775) (en) |
| so:description | 1770s (en) |
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