Quotes related to 1 Peter 2:13
Law has the power to compel: indeed, the ability to enforce is a condition of the ability to command.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
The rules!" shouted Ralph, "you're breaking the rules!" "Who cares?
— William Golding
We admit of no government by divine right… the only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.
— William Henry Harrison
It is right to submit to a higher authority whenever a command of God would be violated.
— St. Basil
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
— Elie Wiesel
It is not I that smite, stab, and slay, but God and my prince, for my hand and my body are now their servants.
— Martin Luther
The authority of God is behind the establishing of human authority.
— Alistair Begg
The rights of Englishmen are derived from God, not from king or Parliament, and would be secured by the study of history, law, and tradition.
— John Adams
It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.
— CS Lewis
The moral law of God is the only law of individuals and of nations, and nothing can be rightful government but such as is established and administered with a view to its support.
— Charles Finney
Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism-the last, of liberty.
— Alexander Hamilton
The obligation of human beings to support and obey human governments, while they legislate upon the principles of the moral law, is an unalterable as the moral law itself.
— Charles Finney