Quote#Politics & Power
“Whatever is, is not,” is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as…
Quote byRichard Bentley · 1662–1742
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Declaration of Rights. Compare: "Whatever is, is in its causes just", John Dryden, Œdipus, Act iii. Sc. 1..
English (original)
“Whatever is, is not,” is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as anything comes across him in the shape of a law which he happens not to like.
— Richard Bentley
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