Jonathan Swift - Drapier's Letters (1734)

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I have heard of a man who had a mind to sell his house, and therefore carried a piece of brick in his pocket, which he shewed as a pattern to encourage purchasers.

Jonathan Swift

Libertas et natale solum:
Fine words! I wonder where you stole 'em.

Jonathan Swift

For, in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery: but in fact, eleven men well armed will certainly subdue one single man in his shirt.

Jonathan Swift