Nation
,—a collective term, arbitrarily used for a small number of people, who, against the consent of a large number, agree to submit themselves and their posterity for ever, to the unlimited and uncontrouled tyranny of one man.
,—a collective term, arbitrarily used for a small number of people, who, against the consent of a large number, agree to submit themselves and their posterity for ever, to the unlimited and uncontrouled tyranny of one man.
Entry taken from Political Dictionary, edited by Charles Pigott from prison and printed in 1795.