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Quotation from Patriarcha by Robert Filmer

“all the Duties of a King are summed up in an Universal Fatherly Care of his People.”

Robert Filmer

Patriarcha, Ch. I, §10 (1680 first edition, EEBO-TCP text)

Portrait of Robert Filmer

The conclusion of Filmer's comparison between the rights of a father and the rights of a king.

Citation: "all the Duties of a King are summed up in an Universal Fatherly Care of his People." — Robert Filmer, Patriarcha, Ch. I, §10 (1680 first edition, EEBO-TCP text). (id patriarcha-q5)

Portrait: Filmer, Sir Robert by Cornelius Johnson, Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, Public domain.

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