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Pierre Bayle, Political Writings
He spoke out very forthrightly against those who maintained that the authority of monarchs was unlimited. He maintained that monarchs cannot impose taxes without the consent of the people, and that they are more obliged than their subject to observe the laws of God and those of nature; and that the covenants which they make impose the same obligations on themselves as on their subjects. p.23-24