“The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.” PeopleWorldStatesReligionChurchHistoryAtheismWorshipPhilosopherVariousRomeRoman EmpireSuperstitiousAtheisticMagistratesFall Of Rome Author:Edward Gibbon
“There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people governed by grave magistrates which it had selected, and by equal laws which it had framed.” PeopleStatesLawChurchKingsEqualGravesBishopsSelectedFramedMagistrates Book:The Works of Rufus Choate, with a Memoir of His Life: Memoir. Lectures and addresses Source: The Works of Rufus Choate, with a Memoir of His Life: Memoir. Lectures and addresses