I say...upon this point, what <small>JUDGE BLACKSTONE</smal… - William Cobbett

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I say...upon this point, what <small>JUDGE BLACKSTONE</small> says; and that is, that the right to resist oppression always exists, but that those who compose the nation at any given time must be left to judge for themselves when oppression has arrived at a pitch to justify the exercise of such right.

William Cobbett

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William Cobbett (9 March 1763 – 18 June 1835) was an English politician, agriculturist, journalist and pamphleteer, writing first in the Tory and then in the Radical cause.

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Pen Names: Peter Porcupine • Dick Retort

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