Quotes related to Romans 13:1
Do what Jesus says,... what he commands through his ministers who are in the Church [see 1 Cor 6:4]. Be subject to his vicars, your leaders, not only those who are gentle and kind, but even those who are overbearing.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
It should be remembered, as an axiom of eternal truth in politics, that whatever power in any government is independent, is absolute also.
— Thomas Jefferson
Blasphemy and sedition (meaning the truth about Church and State).
— George Bernard Shaw
The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God.
— Joyce Meyer
It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
— Mae West
Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics.
— Pope Benedict XVI
Everyone eligible to vote should be able to do so without unnecessary inconvenience
— Bill Clinton
submitting to authority is never for evil, but always for blessing.
— KP Yohannan
The Iraqis have become invested in their nationhood.
— Joe Biden
We're never going to have a perfect candidate unless Jesus Christ is on the ballot.
— Jerry Falwell, Jr.
Killing one person makes you a murderer. Killing a million people makes you a king. Killing them all makes you God.
— Frank Peretti
The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt