John Milton:

For what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

— John Milton Early Modern

Paradise Lost

Context

A Defence of the People of England

Date / Period

1651

Source

https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/milton-the-prose-works-of-john-milton-vol-1

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

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