Provocative thoughts

[Vexari]

To say that subjects in general are not proper judges (of the law)

when their governors oppress them and play the tyrant,

and when they defend their rights ...

is as great a treason as ever a man uttered

Tis treason not against one single man, but against the state - against the whole body politic;

tis treason against mankind;

tis treason against Common sense;

tis treason against God;

And this impious principle lays the foundation for justifying all the tyranny and oppression that ever any prince was guilty of

The people know for what end they set up and maintain their governors,

and they are the proper judges when governors execute their trust as they ought to do it..


~ Jonathan Mayhew ~ (1720-1766)

Founding Father, clergyman, minister