Quote#Freedom
O thou Powers of England, though thou hast promised to make this…
Quote byGerrard Winstanley · 1609–1676
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The True Levellers Standard Advanced (1649).
English (original)
O thou Powers of England, though thou hast promised to make this People a Free People, yet thou hast so handled the matter, through thy self-seeking humour, That thou has wrapped us up more in bondage, and oppression lies heavier upon us; not only bringing thy fellow Creatures, the Commoners, to a morsel of Bread, but by confounding all sorts of people by thy Government, of doing and undoing.
— Gerrard Winstanley
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