For anyone of the mind to plough through it, here is Samuel Rutherford's work (1644) on the lawfulness of resisting tyranny. He believed that a tyrant could justly be assassinated, though not by a single individual.

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For anyone of the mind to plough through it, here is Samuel Rutherford's work (1644) on the lawfulness of resisting tyranny. He believed that a tyrant could justly be assassinated, though not by a single individual. (constitution.org)

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For those who prefer, as I do, the , as opposed to texts that have been reformated, and maybe rewritten (we have no way of knowing) for the Internet, here it is.

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Yes, I'm the same about quotes. Thanks. It's a great work.

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