Peter Linebaugh notes and quotes

The poorest he that is in England hath a life to live as the greatest he … I think it’s clear, that every man that is to live under a government ought first by his own consent to put himself under that government; and I do think that the poorest man in England is not at all bound in a strict sense to that government that he hath not had a voice to put himself under.
~Col. Thomas Rainborowe, Putney Debates (28-29 Oct. 1647)