Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “[T]here is a difference between lions and asses; and he is a fool who knows not that swords were given to men, that none might be slaves, but such as know not how to use them.” ~ Algernon Sidney (1622-1683) English statesman, republican political theorist, colonel, and opponent of King Charles II of England, who was charged with plotting against the King and was executed for treason.Source: Discourses Concerning Government 270 (1763)