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Anthony: You have been brought
here for a purpose, the most

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important task of your lives.

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Cooperate, not make me destroy.

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Welcome to the Static Podcast.

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I'm your host, Anthony T.

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And this is episode 111.

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Thank you for joining me on
this Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024.

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Hope you had a great Easter holiday.

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Now, this week, I want to get back to
the way I intended to start, started

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this podcast out, which is educational
purpose of knowing how our government

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should work and how we discern what we
hear in the media and what politicians

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are telling us from actually the way
this is supposed to actually run.

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And I think everybody can take a break
from what's going on in the media and

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what they're drilling into our head
the whole time and all the craziness

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that's going on in the world right now.

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So this will be a little
change of pace today.

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So today I'm going to be reading an
article out of the New American Magazine.

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The article's title is Algernon
Sidney, Martyr for Liberty.

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The English statesman whose writing so
strongly influenced the founding fathers

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is now all but forgotten in America.

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He shouldn't be.

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And I feel this is perfect for
a nice rainy day here on the

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East Coast, a little chilly.

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It's like you could throw on your
slippers, sit down on your couch with your

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reading sweater, and sit back and enjoy.

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Now this article is written
by Joe Wolverton II.

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You can find this in the New American
Magazine, the March 25th issue.

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It's in the Past and Perspective section.

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So here we go.

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Can you believe that a man who Thomas
Jefferson said wrote the best elementary

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book of the principles of government
that our youth should read as soon as

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their minds are sufficiently matured is
all but forgotten by Americans today?

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Can you believe that a book that Thomas
Jefferson identified as one of the

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primary sources for the principles of the
Declaration of Independence is not found

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in the home of every American patriot?

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Can you believe that a book that
Jefferson and James Madison Mandated

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that every incoming student at the
University of Virginia had to read before

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matriculating is a book nearly no one
in America today has even heard of.

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Can you believe that the book which
cost the author his head is known

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to most, is unknown to most U.

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S.

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history professors and teachers today?

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Can you believe that a man revered
by the Founding Fathers as an honor

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Honorary American and a martyr of
Republican government, and after whom

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towns and universities were named,
is now almost completely unheard of.

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How is that possible?

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How can such a man be unknown to Americans
today, regardless of how it happened,

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it happened, and it is just plain wrong?

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We can begin righting the wrong by
restoring to the American people

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the knowledge of the patron saint
of republicanism, of the good old

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cause, Colonel Algernon Sidney.

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Aside from sacred texts, it's hard to find
words more powerful than those written

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by Algernon Sidney, 1623 to 1683, at
the time of the War for Independence.

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Sidney was the world's most
celebrated martyr for free speech.

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Today he is forgotten by the
very people whose freedom and

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form of government he inspired.

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While millions of Americans can recall
and discuss the most minute details from

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the Harry Potter book and movie series,
or can relate intimate details of the

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lives of the Kardashian family, the name
Algernon Sidney is never mentioned in

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our homes, even among those claiming to
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and experts in American history.

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Remarkably, Colonel, Sidney's name
and fame were once so universal

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that the editor of the first edition
of Sidney's Discourse Concerning

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Government wrote in its introduction,
It is not necessary to say anything

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concerning the person of the author.

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And Thomas Jefferson said Sidney
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it would be superfluous and even
presumptuous for an individual to

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add his feeble breath to the gale.

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Today, It is not only necessary,
it is urgent as the gale is

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reduced to the less than a breeze.

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Unbelievably, there has not been a
new edition of Discourse Concerning

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Government printed in England
since 1772 or in France since 1796.

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And prior to Liberty Fund's
edition in 1996, The last U.

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S.

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edition was published in 1810.

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This is how complete the Establishment
Dominatio Memorae, Condemnation of

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Memory, against Algerton, Sydney has been.

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As for biographies of Colonel
Sidney, there has never been

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a comprehensive one published.

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Jonathan Scott's work is the closest
we've come, and that work is more a histo

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histo historiography of Sidney's times
and his influence than a proper biography.

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I am happy to announce, however, that
I am currently working on a biography

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of Algren in Sydney, and it should
be ready for publication on the

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anniversary of his martyrdom in 2024.

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Until that large work is ready for
publication, what follows is a brief

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biography of a man whose influence on the
government of the United States and on

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the men who framed it is beyond measure.

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Algernon Sidney was the second
son of Robert Earl of Leicester

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and Lady Dorothy Percy, daughter
of Henry Earl of Northumberland.

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His great uncle on his father's side
was the heroic and talented Sir Philip

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Sidney whom Queen Elizabeth I called
the jewel of her times and whose life

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was famously described by Scottish poet
Thomas Campbell as poetry put into action.

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The exact date of Algernon's birth
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now agree that it was some time on
or about January 15, 1623, the date

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recorded of a payment made to a midwife
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Dorothy herself, a descendant of a
historically pertinent Percy family.

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English politicians and diplomats Sir
William Temple described Algernon's

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father as a man of profound learning
and truthfulness, a sentiment echoed

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by English stateman Edward Hyde,
1st Earl of Clarendon and others.

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Under his father's guidance, was
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classical education, fully embracing
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From a young age, he displayed
exceptional talent and wit, as

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noted in a letter from his mother.

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Algernon is much commended by all
that come from you, for a huge

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deal of wit and much sweetness of
nature, she wrote to her husband.

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At about age 10, Algernon joined
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a diplomatic mission to Denmark.

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Four years later, they went to
Paris, where Algernon's interest in

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politics began to develop amid the
reign of Louis VIII and Cardinal

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Richelieu's formidable rule.

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He later studied in Rome,
absorbing the legacy of figures

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such as Brutus and Cicero.

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At 19, through his father's
influence, Algernon commanded a

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troop of horses in Ireland under his
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However, military life
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Upon returning from Ireland, he
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and the people against King
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In 1644, he became a captain in the
Parliamentary Cavalry and was soon

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promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

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He demonstrated bravery during the Battle
of Marston Moor, Where he was severely

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injured and nearly captured, only to be
saved by a soldier who refused any reward

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or recognition for his act of valor.

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Sidney's life and this anonymous
soldier's heroism showcased the

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transcendent nature of human kindness
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Recovering quickly, Sidney led a regiment
of horses under Sir Thomas Fairfax and

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Oliver Cromwell, bearing the motto, The
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By the, by age 24, he was in the House
of Commons, and he was soon appointed

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Lieutenant General of Horses in Ireland.

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and Governor of Dublin Castle.

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Later, he was made
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In 1648, he was selected as a
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After attending initial sessions,
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proceedings based on principle,
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he challenged Cromwell directly.

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Despite opposing the trial, Sidney
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and that his disposition was necessary.

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Deposition was necessary.

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He saw it as a warning against
tyranny, aligning with the belief

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that monarchy should give way
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Refusing to support Cuomo, an increasingly
tyrannical regime, Sidney spent some

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time in retirement, partly at Pennhurst
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he befriended statesman John DeWitt.

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During this time, he laid the groundwork
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Returning to Parliament, he
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between Sweden and Denmark.

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Watching England's political shift from
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government upheld Republican principles.

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However, with the restoration of the
monarchy under King Charles II, he

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refused to engage with a government he
viewed as treacherous and tyrannical,

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declining offers for personal gain.

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On August 30th, 1660, Sidney wrote a
letter expressing his resolve to To

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not return to England under conditions
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I confess we are naturally inclined
to delight in our own country and

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I have a particular love of mine.

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I hope I have given some testimony of it.

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I think that being exiled from it as a
great evil and would redeem myself from it

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with the loss of a great deal of my blood.

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But when that country of mine, which
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like to be made a stage of injury, the
liberty of which we hoped to establish,

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oppressed luxury and lewdness set up in
its height instead of the piety, virtue,

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sobriety, and modesty by which we hoped
God by our hand would have introduced.

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The best of our country
made prey to the worst.

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What joy can I have in my own
country in this condition?

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Whilst I live, I will endeavor
to preserve my liberty.

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Or at least not consent
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I hope I shall die in the same principles
in which I have lived and will live

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no longer than they preserve me.

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To conclude, the tide is not to be
diverted nor to oppress delivered, but God

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in his time will have mercy on his people.

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He will save and defend them, and avenge
the blood of those who in their pride

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think nothing is able to oppose them.

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Happy are those whom God
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justice in so blessed a work.

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It is this spirit and this commitment
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that guaranteed that Algren and
Sidney would be removed from the

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reading list in American schools.

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Sidney's letters were praised for
their eloquence and sentiments and

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reflect his steadfast commitment
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That courageous commitment was never
more evident than in an episode

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during his exile when Sidney visited
a university in Copenhagen and wrote

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the following motto in Latin, In a
guestbook, a phrase boldly declaring

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his fearless resistance to tyranny.

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I can't read that, that's in Latin.

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Translated into English, Sidney's
inscription read, This hand, enemy

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to tyranny, by the sword seeks calm,
peaceful, peacefulness under liberty.

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Remarkably, the latter half of that
inscription remains the state motto

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of the state of Massachusetts.

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Sidney's refusal to return to England
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Led him to spend many
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He lived in various German cities
and in Rome where he faced financial

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difficulties and familial estrangements.

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Eventually, he found refuge in a
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Italy, where he devoted himself to
study and solitude, finding peace

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in nature, reading, and reflection.

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It was during this period that Sidney
penned his book, Court Maxims, a work

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that took aim at King Charles II and
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to the Republican cause against him.

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Court Maxims comprises 15 dialogues
featuring discussions between

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the Republican character Unimus
and the royal courtier Philithes.

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Within these dialogues, they delve
into Maxims promoting political

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absolution including statesmen Maxims.

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Maxims.

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Statements such as monarchy is the
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ought to be absolute and hereditary.

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Unumis, represented by Sidney, fervently
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concept previously championed by Cicero.

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He steadfastly argued that if rules
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of their subjects, they should no
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figures, such as fathers or shepherds.

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Terms associated with love and kindness,
but rather as malevolent figures

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akin to thieves, wolves, and tyrants,
the most hostile of adversaries.

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In the Ninth Dialogue, Sidney
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Unimus, the essence of the law
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If it is not to be just, it is not law.

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The justice of it depends upon the end.

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If it conduces not to a
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Laws are made for the right
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societies, and to obviate offenses
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Those acts or decree which tend,
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in them, nor in any respect deserve
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landmarks to warn and prevent danger.

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They become snares to catch
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Is it any wonder in the age of planned
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prose would be kept from the American
people, a people raised on such works

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as our founding fathers, Where would
never fall for such quote unquote

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snares as COVID 19 lockdowns and the
economic fallout that followed them.

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Despite enjoying this tranquil
life, Sidney felt the need

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for a more active role.

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He left Italy, traveling through
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constant danger from Royalist forces.

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His steadfastness to the parliamentary
cause made him a target for assassination

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attempts and his effort to volunteer
for military service in Hungary.

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We're thwarted by British intervention.

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This relentless persecution
highlighted his unyielding commitment

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to his principles, making him
a symbol of incorruptibility.

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Even as Sidney's life neared its end, he
faced continued challenges and opposition.

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He bravely attempted to run for Parliament
in Guildford, Surrey, With the support of

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William Penn, but he faced resistant and
unfair practices that led to his defeat.

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After a dissolved parliament and new
election, Sidney tried again for a

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seat, this time in Bamber, Essex.

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Despite Penn's strong backing, the
election ended ambiguously and Sidney's

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candidacy was eventually dismissed.

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The hostility against Sidney persisted
with accusations linking him to various

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plots against the government and even
a baseless charge of riot involvement.

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Feeling unsafe in England, he planned to
return to the continent and even bought a

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property in France under a friend's name.

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However, his aspirations for
peaceful retirement went unfulfilled.

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In 1681, Sidney was involved
in drafting a response to the

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King's Declaration criticizing
Parliament's repeated dissolutions.

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This document, revised by Sir William
Jones and Lloyd John Somers, was

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later published under the title, A
Just and Modest Vindication of the

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Proceedings of the Two Last Parliaments.

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During this period, Sidney also
completed the Discourses Concerning

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Government, a testament to his
unwavering commitment to liberty.

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As political tensions heightened with
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to the throne, Sidney and his allies,
including Duke of Monmouth, Earl Essex,

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and William Lord Russell, formed a
secret council to oppose this succession.

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Though many council members faced
tragic fates, their efforts laid

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the groundwork for the eventual
Glorious Revolution of 1688.

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Sidney's involvement in these political
maneuvers led to his arrest in 1683.

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He was charged with high treason,
and his trial was a notorious

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miscarriage of justice led by the
infamous Judge George Jeffries.

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Despite a lack of concrete evidence
in violation of requirements for

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prosecuting someone for treason, Sidney
was found guilty largely based on

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his own writings about government and
liberty, writings which were illegally

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seized and used by the government in
its prosecution and persecution of him.

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At one point in the trial, Geoffrey's
chastised Colonel Sidney saying, I pray

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God work in your temper, work in you a
temper fit to go unto the other world,

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for I see you are not fit for this.

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Sixty years old, cold, emaciated from
nearly half a year's imprisonment, Colonel

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Algernon Sidney pulled up the sleeve of
his prisoner's tunic, exposing his arm

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to Jeffrey's and replied with dignity
and defiance, My Lord, feel my pulse.

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I bless God I never was in better
temper than I am now, he added.

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After the miscarriage of justice
and haughty display of judicial

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tyranny, Sidney was sentenced
to execution by beheading.

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On the scaffold, his dignified
and resolute demeanor was evident.

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There he offered a prayer, and given the
popular modern trend to identify everyone

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from Enlightenment period as some sort of
deist or closeted atheist, republishing a

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part of his final word is appropriate here
if for no other reason than to restore the

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affirmation of his Christianity and that
of those who revered him so profoundly.

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Sidney said, The Lord sanctified
these, my sufferings unto me and thou.

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I fall as a sacrifice unto the idols.

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Suffer not idolatry to be
established in this land.

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Bless thy people and save them.

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Defend thine own cause
and those that defend it.

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Stir up such as are, stir
up such as are faint.

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Direct those that are willing.

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Confirm those that wave.

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Give wisdom and integrity unto all.

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Order all things so as may most
redound unto thine own glory.

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Grant that I may die glorifying thee for
all thy mercies, and that at the last

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thou hast permitted me to be singled
out as a witness of thy truth, and even

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by the confession of my opposers for
that old cause in which I was from my

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youth engaged, and for which thou hast
often and wonderfully declared thyself.

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Amen.

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Those are not the words of a deist.

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Those are the words not only of a
Christian, but of a man with confidence

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before the throne of Christ that he
had done that which pleased his Lord.

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I invite you to re read those words
and see if Sidney's prayer is not

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in every syllable appropriate and
applicable to the condition of the United

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States, their people and government
today, 340 years after being written.

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The injustice of Sidney's trial
and execution was not forgotten.

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for listening.

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Within a few years, the Glorious
Revolution brought about significant

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changes in England's political landscape.

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William and Mary's ascension to
the throne under a Declaration

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of Right, which echoed Sydney's
ideals, marked a new era of liberty.

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One of the first acts was to annul
Sydney's conviction, a posthumous

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acknowledgement of his enduring
contribution to the cause of freedom.

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Sydney's life Principles, discourses,
and death had an even greater

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impact on the American war for
independence of 1775 to 1783 than

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on the glorious revolution of 1688.

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In fact, our revolution can be
seen as the natural progression and

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culmination of what began in England.

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Of the impact of that influence on
the written works produced by our

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Founding Fathers, Harvard University
historian Bernard Bailyn stated

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about all, above all, they referred
to the doctrines of Algernon Sidney.

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Read that again, above all.

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It is in America, more than anywhere else,
that Sidney's legacy truly resonates.

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Here, his cherished ideal of a republic
is no longer just a dream, but a

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tangible reality, offering its immense
benefits to all within its reach.

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This makes his unwavering commitment to
liberty, his belief in a republic, and

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his trust in the people's ability to
govern themselves all the more relevant.

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Sidney's writings and examples
significantly guided and motivated

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the founding figures of our
country contributing in unmatched

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measure to the creation of the
institutions we cherish today.

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As historian Alan Craig Houston
observed, to the colonists, the single

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most important fact about Sidney's
life was the matter of his death.

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By his unselfish devotion to
liberty, Sidney set a standard

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against which against which men
repeatedly measured themselves.

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By his martyrdom, he graphically
demonstrated the evils of unchecked power.

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Colonial Americans also read the
discourse concerning government, which

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care and, with care and precision.

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They cited Sydney on a wide range
of its issues, from the corruption

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of men, to the rule of law, and
from the representative nature of

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government to the right of revolution.

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Sydney's martyrdom was the most
powerful mouthpiece Powerful piece of

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evidence that could have been given
to verify the truth of his writings.

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As the later, as the latter preached,
so the former graphically demonstrated

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the consequences of permitting one man
to enjoy arbitrary and unlimited power.

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Had Sidney not been a martyr, it is
unlikely the discourses would have been

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so widely read in 18th century America.

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He had not written the discourses, on
the other hand, it is unlikely his death

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would have received the attention it did.

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Sadly, after winning and securing their
independence from England, Americans

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found increasingly less use for the
revolutionary principles set forth

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in discourses concerning government,
and the book and its author were

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quickly erased from our cultural
memory and from our history lessons.

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Today, we find ourselves once again
facing the abolition of our liberty by

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tyranny, so perhaps it's time we dust
off the old worn copy of discourses.

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And start studying the words of
Algren and Sidney's once again.

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That man definitely needed a round
of, deserved a round of applause

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for sticking to his principles.

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A lot of people don't do that nowadays, as
we can see the state of our country here.

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But again, yeah, we forget these things.

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We have you're told the founding fathers
were racist and they had slave owners.

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But the Founding Fathers
were very well read men.

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They read people like this.

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They read, they read, they
understood from England.

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And the monarchy, what tyranny was like.

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Now this guy, Sidney,
only had a king to fight.

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We have a president.

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We have a congress that is not
our, not representative of us.

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Now you can see the judicial system
being used as a tool for them.

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So it's not easier for us.

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They gave us this government, the
Founding Fathers, as a checks and

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balance, and somehow it got co opted,
and now it's just more for us to fight.

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Instead of a king, we have three
entities to, to fight against now.

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And just like Sydney, the
signers of the Declaration of

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Independence, Gave up their lives.

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A lot of them were persecuted,
lost money, lost their wealth,

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lost families all to this.

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To regain liberty is not easy.

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It takes blood, because once it's history,
people do not want to relinquish power,

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and you have to take it back from them.

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Especially tyrannical governments.

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And I'm afraid the author
of this article is right.

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As people know more about Harry
Potter and the Kim Kardashians than

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the establishment of this great
nation, and the Founding Fathers,

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and gentlemen like Algernon Sidney.

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We know more, and that's what they want.

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They want to keep you distracted so you
don't know what your rights are, or what

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liberty is, or The role government should
play a very minimal part in your life.

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The government will find any excuse
to try to put these people in a bad

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light, and have you not believe them.

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Just look at the Second Amendment.

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When the Second Amendment was added in
the Bill of Rights, it wasn't for hunting.

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Everybody hunted back then.

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Everybody had a gun.

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A gun was a tool.

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Everybody hunted, everybody
hunted game, everybody had a gun.

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It wasn't for hunt, it wasn't for,
you know, a different time, they said.

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It was to protect yourself
from a tyrannical government

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or from an invading country.

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And now they have you believe that,
oh, it's, you know, it was for, it's,

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they meant it as a different way.

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No, they didn't mean
it as a different way.

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Everybody had guns.

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Everybody hunted.

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That was understood.

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It was to be able to protect yourself
from tyrannical governments or Outside

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countries and little by little they
chip away at your liberties saying

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oh, it's for the common good and if
you look what's going on around you

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the Government is everywhere in your
life from your schools from your

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medicine from work from everything
you do invade it infected your lives

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they have some Control over some part,
if not majority of your life somehow.

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And to pay, make matters worse,
you pay them an absorbent

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amount of taxes for this.

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For this.

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Everyone I spoke to so
far, it's tax season.

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Most of my co workers, people I know,
everybody has to pay extra this year.

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Nobody is getting a refund.

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And one last main point I would like to
make about this whole episode and what's

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going on is, Sydney had somewhere to go.

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He went to Brussels, or he,
there were still other countries

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where you can escape to.

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Hence the establishment of
the United States of America.

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People left England because they
were being persecuted religiously.

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And after that, everyone, it was
still the land of the free, it

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was still some sort of republic.

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Now, we have nowhere to go.

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You have no other country to, to, to
run away that's like America anymore.

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All these countries are
corrupted, basically almost

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tyrannical, there's nowhere to go.

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That's it.

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So if this country falls, which is
kind of already fell of what's going

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on already there's nowhere to go.

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Your only choices are roll
over and take it or fight back.

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And the fight back portion
is going to be very hard now.

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So the book mentioned in this article
by Algernon Sidney is Discourses

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Concerted Concerning Government.

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So you could get that read it.

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I think that's gonna be
next on my reading list.

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You could even, you can even send like
a booster gram with the message to it.

451
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,200
I'll get it if there's
something you liked in the show.

452
00:29:01,220 --> 00:29:03,020
So go check those out.

453
00:29:03,310 --> 00:29:05,790
Freedom of speech as we
see is very important.

454
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:10,580
This man, Algernon Sydney gave
his life for it because he didn't,

455
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:14,050
you know, that's, that's the
last like guns they want to take.

456
00:29:14,070 --> 00:29:19,270
And then the next thing we can see speech
being curtailed every day a little bit.

457
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:19,910
So.

458
00:29:20,685 --> 00:29:23,135
Thanks for joining me and I
hope to see you next week.