Quotes by Johannes Althusius
1557 – 1638
Johannes Althusius was a German political and legal philosopher whose ideal commonwealth was a harmonious ordering of natural associations, beginning with the family and moving up through local and regional associations. He is an early theorist of the idea of federalism.
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Althusius argues that a political leader is bound by his oath of office which, if violated, requires his removal (1614)