“Those in authority within institutions and social structures attempt to justify their rule by linking it, as if it were a necessary consequence, with moral symbols, sacred emblems, or legal formulae which are widely believed and deeply internalized. These central conceptions may refer to a god or gods, the 'votes of the majority,' the 'will of the people,' the 'aristocracy of talents or wealth,' to the 'divine right of kings' or to the alleged extraordinary endowment of the person of the ruler himself.” PeopleIfsMayPersonsSocialWealthMoralTalentDivineKingsAuthorityConsequenceVoteInstitutionsSacredMajorityStructureExtraordinarySymbolsJustifyConceptionRulersAristocracyEndowmentEmblemsSocial StructureDivine RightDivine Right Of Kings Author:C. Wright Mills
“Would you say that any one sacred book is superior to all others in the world? ... I say the New Testament, after that, I should place the Koran, which in its moral teachings, is hardly more than a later edition of the New Testament. Then would follow according to my opinion the Old Testament, the Southern Buddhist Tripitaka, the Tao-te-king of Laotze, the Kings of Confucius, the Veda and the Avesta.” WorldShouldBookMoralOpinionTeachingKingsSacredSuperiorsBuddhistSouthernTestamentTaoNew TestamentOld TestamentVedas Author:Max Muller
“The Gadianton Robbers from the Book of Mormon are loose among us. The King-men, and women, are running our government. And, worst of all, we are blindly electing them, or appointing them so they can continue to destroy the things we cherish most.” MenBookGovernmentRunningWomenWorstKingsMen And WomenElectionBlindSacredCherishDestroyingAppointmentsDestroyersRobbersBlind FaithMormonism Author:John Andreas Widtsoe
“Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.” MindActionLawVirtueKingsHonorPerfectionSacredNobleAidsTiesHonour Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with Notes Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with Notes
“Time, whose millioned accidents creep in betwixt vows, and change decrees of kings, tan sacred beauty, blunt the sharpest intents, divert strong minds to the course of altering things.” MindCoursesStrongKingsSacredAccidentsVowCreepsBluntDecreeStrong Mind Author:William Shakespeare