is a very kingly, honourable, and frequent practice, when one prince desires the assistance of another, to secure him against an invasion, that the a… - Jonathan Swift

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is a very kingly, honourable, and frequent practice, when one prince desires the assistance of another, to secure him against an invasion, that the assistant, when he has driven out the invader, should seize on the dominions himself, and kill, imprison, or banish, the prince he came to relieve.

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Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer and satirist. Acclaimed as one of the finest prose satirists in the English language, he was also well known for his poetry and essays.

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Alternative Names: Isaac Bickerstaff M. B. Drapier Lemuel Gulliver Simon Wagstaff
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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

...all disgracers of the press in prose and verse condemned to eat nothing but their own cotton, and quench their thirst with their own ink.

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