Quote: without discontent, pretence, and hope, there can be no rebellion; with all three, there wanteth nothing thereto, but someone to blow the trumpet

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To dispose men to sedition, three things concur. The first is discontent; for as long as a man thinketh himself well, ... it is impossible for him to desire the change thereof. The second is pretence of right; for though a man be discontent, yet if in his own opinion there be no just cause of stirring against, or resisting the government established, ... he will never show it. [p. 201] The third is hope of success; for it were madness to attempt without hope, when to fail, is to die the death of a traitor. Without these three, discontent, pretence, and hope, there can be no rebellion: and when the same are all together, there wanteth nothing thereto, but a man of credit to set up the standard, and to blow the trumpet.   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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