All must admit that the reception of the teachings of Christ results in the purest patriotism, in the most scrupulous fidelity to public trust, and in the best type of citizenship.

Government is not a human institution. It is a divine institution that humans are to run on His behalf. When they create their own rules, then they become against the creator and what He intended for government to do.

It should be remembered, as an axiom of eternal truth in politics, that whatever power in any government is independent, is absolute also.

Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters, and so frequently the most serious obstacles to reform.

so long as the interest of the whole society requires it, that is, so long as the established government cannot be resisted or changed without public inconvenience, it is the will of God … that the established government be obeyed—and no longer. This principle being admitted, the justice of every particular case of resistance is reduced to a computation of the quantity of the danger and grievance on the one side, and of the probability and expense of redressing it on the other.

If you look upon the rule in Titus it is a rule to me. If you convince me that it is no rule I shall yield.

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will soon find a want of merit, to justify his resistance to power.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States.

If you don't have properly constituted civic authorities you will encourage vigilantism and solo efforts at retributive justice - which is anarchy, and God doesn't want his world to be anarchic.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God" (Rom. 13:1). God