c. AD 94

J. AJ 19.177

The Antiquities of the Jews 19.177

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

19.177

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

177while all lovers of liberty are the enemies of tyranny. Nor can those that patiently endure what miseries they bring on them gain their friendship; for as they are conscious of the abundant mischiefs they have brought on these men, and how magnanimously they have borne their hard fortunes, they cannot but be sensible what evils they have done, and thence only depend on security from what they are suspicious of, if it may be in their power to take them quite out of the world.