Algernon sidney biography of mahatma gandhi
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Popular Sovereignty: A Biography of Algernon Sidney
The influential English agitator and thinker Algernon Sidney championed popular sovereignty back when kings ruled the earth.
For years, he stirred opposition to the English king Charles II, for which he was hunted by assassins.
Algernon sidney biography of mahatma gandhi
He spoke out against slavery in the British West Indies. There were two attempts on his life, and he suffered an ultimate tragedy--beheading. He became the most famous English martyr for liberty.
His major work, Discourses Concerning Government, appeared in 1698, 15 years after his execution, and it did much to develop the case for liberty that was to inspire Americans and sweep the world.
For instance, he wrote: “no man is to be entrusted with an absolute Power in all controversies concerning the power of magistrates, we are not to examine which conduces to their profit or glory, but what is good for the public the right of magistrates do essentially depend upon the consent of those who go