I have never heard of anything so insolent as to propose to the English Parliament to give up their liberty by their own consent.
Separation of powers
Thoughts (Pensées), Entry 194 (This is a more obscure quote, sometimes cited as 'My Thoughts')
c. 1720s-1750s
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