Vol. II: XIX. Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and ...
The Da Vinci Notebooks
To preserve Nature's chiefest boon, that is freedom, I can find means of offence and defence, when it is assailed by ambitious tyrants, and first I will speak of the situation of the walls, and also I shall show how communities can maintain their good and just Lords.
300:643 : Compare No. 1266.