Quotes related to 1 Peter 2:13
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
— Abbie Hoffman
Every State-formation, every assertion of the power of the magistrate, every mechanical means of compelling order and of guaranteeing a safe course of life is therefore always something unnatural;
— Abraham Kuyper
all authority of governments on earth originates from the Sovereignty of God alone.
— Abraham Kuyper
This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
— John Wycliffe
What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
— James Madison
Well, it is the law, my lord,' replied Mr Blundell, 'and it's not my place to argue about it.
— Dorothy Sayers
That is one of the flagrant misconceptions about Catholicism in America that if a man is a Catholic he owes allegiance to what they say a foreign sovereign, or something like that.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
The greater number of men are merely corporals.
— Henry David Thoreau
If men were angels, there would be no need of government.
— James Madison
I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
— Andrew Carnegie
An informed patriotism is what we want.
— Ronald Reagan
What is called a republic, is not any particular form of government ... it is naturally opposed to the word monarchy, which means arbitrary power.
— Thomas Paine