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“I am not one of those who think that the people are never in the wrong. They have been so, frequently and outrageously, both in other countries and in this. But I do say that in all disputes between them and their rulers, the presumption is at least upon a par in favour of the people.”

People Thinking Has Beens Country Political Politics Rulers Other Countries Favour Disputes Presumption

Author:Edmund Burke

“[R]eligion cannot share the material strength of the rulers without being burdened with some of the animosity roused against them.”

States Church Share Materials Rulers Animosity

Book:Democracy in America

Source: Democracy in America

“The impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time.”

Thinking Men World Wells States Church Opinion Setting Settings All Time Rulers Dominion Separation Of Church And State Legislators Infallible Presumption Separation Between Church And State Uninspired

Book:The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1771 - 1779, the Summary View, and the Declaration of Independence

Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1771 - 1779, the Summary View, and the Declaration of Independence

“Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.”

Law Leadership Society Rulers Harsh

Author:Aeschylus

“Romanists tell us that the Pope is the vicar of Christ; that he is his successor as the universal head and ruler of the Church on earth. If this is so, he must be a Christ.”

Ifs Earth Christ Church Universal Rulers Pope Successors Vicars

Book:What is Presbyterianism?: An Address Delivered Before the Presbyterian Historical Society at Their Anniversary Meeting in Philadelphia, on Tuesday Evening, May 1, 1855

Source: What is Presbyterianism?: An Address Delivered Before the Presbyterian Historical Society at Their Anniversary Meeting in Philadelphia, on Tuesday Evening, May 1, 1855

“Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object: the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers, the other by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.”

Source: Life of Thomas Jefferson: with selections from the most valuable portions of his voluminious and unrivalled private correspondence : with portrait

“Following rulers instead of prophets, the wicked can rule you, but the knowledge can stop it.”

Politics Following Prophet Wicked Rulers

Author:Kool Moe Dee

“How odd that Americans, and not just their presidents, have come to think of their Constitution as something separable from the government it's supposed to constitute. In theory, it should be as binding on rulers as the laws of physics are on engineers who design bridges; in practice, its axioms have become mere options. Of course engineers don't have to take oaths to respect the law of gravity; reality gives them no choice. Politics, as we see, makes all human laws optional for politicians.”

“Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler.”

Doe Book States Accepting Holy Following Accepted Rulers Verses Disobedience Civil Disobedience Holy Books

Author:Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria

“My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws, hammers, chisels, files and rulers. It all dealt with conciseness and precision. It eliminated guesswork. One has to know his tools, so he doesn't work against himself.”

Knows Values Father Saws Taught Tools Rulers Grandfather Hammers Files Precision Carpenter Chisels Great Grandfather Guesswork

Book:Blue notes: essays, interviews, and commentaries

Source: Blue notes: essays, interviews, and commentaries

“The Jewish nation is indeed, the heart of the world and there is no reason for the existence of empires, kings, rulers, masses or systems aside from their reaction to the Jewish people.”

People World Heart Reason Nations Existence Kings Mass Reactions Empires No Reason Rulers

Author:Meir Kahane