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The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.