Any government is free to the people under it where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws.

William Penn

Frame of Government

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Topic

Political theory

Author

William Penn

Source

Frame of Government

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1682 1680s 17th century

Occupation

Early American

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Penn, William. Frame of Government. 1682, preface.

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