Samuel Johnson Quotes About Revolution

• He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience. We have always protected the Americans; we may therefore subject them to government.

  Samuel Johnson

  Government, May, Revolution

  Thomas M. Curley, Samuel Johnson (1998). “Sir Robert Chambers: Law, Literature, and Empire in the Age of Johnson”, p.125, Univ of Wisconsin Press

• No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.

  Samuel Johnson

  Government, Long, Revolution

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.155

• A family ... is a little kingdom, torn with factions and exposed to revolutions.

  Samuel Johnson

  Littles, Kingdoms, Revolution

  Samuel Johnson, A.F. Neuwieller (1857). “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale”, p.71

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