Algernon Sidney - There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they...

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There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit to be commanders or leaders, who most excel in the virtues required for the right performance of those offices.

Algernon Sidney

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Es mag hunderttausend Männer in einer Armee sein, die alle gleichermaßen frei sind; Aber sie sind natürlich nur geeignet, Kommandeure oder Führer zu sein, die sich in den Tugenden auszeichnen, die für die richtige Ausführung dieser Ämter erforderlich sind.

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