It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he breaks, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt. John Philpot Curran in a speech on """"The Right to Vote"""" in 1790: | America. by Richard Mckenzie Neal, Paperback | Indigo Chapters