Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ The Mobile are Uneasie without a Ruler: They are as Restless with one; and the of oftn'er they shift, the Worse they Are; So that Government, or No Government; a King of God's Making, or of the Peoples, or none at all; the Multitude are never to be satisfied. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ Such was their Condition in fine, that they sent Mercury to Jupiter yet once again for Another King, whose Answer was This: They that will not be Contented when they are Well, must be Patient when Things are Amiss with them; and People had better Rest where they are, than go farther, and fare Worse. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ They find Absolute Freedom to be a Direct State of War; for where there's no Means of either preventing Strife, or Ending it, the Weaker are still a Prey to the Stronger. One King is too Soft, and Easie for them ”
