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Quotation from The Science of Right by Immanuel Kant
“Hence there is no Right of Sedition, and still less of Rebellion, belonging to the People”
The Science of Right, Part II, § 49, General Remark A, trans. W. Hastie (1887)
The heart of Kant's denial of a right of resistance, argued on the ground that a law permitting rebellion would make the people sovereign over their sovereign.
Citation: "Hence there is no Right of Sedition, and still less of Rebellion, belonging to the People" — Immanuel Kant, The Science of Right, Part II, § 49, General Remark A, trans. W. Hastie (1887). (id kant-science-of-right-q8)
