In former times the chief method of justifying the use of violence and thereby infringing the law of love was by claiming… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Till society is very differently constituted, parents, I fear, will still insist on being obeyed because they will be obeyed, and constantly… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
“Democracy is not a tearing down; it is a building up. It does not denial of the divine right of kings; it… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
There is no separation in Divine Mind, therefore, I cannot be separated from the love and companionship which are mine by divine… — Florence Scovel Shinn Copy Share Image
Divine right went out with the American Revolution and doesn't belong to the White House aides. What meat do they eat that… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
The sceptic ultimately undermines democracy (1) because he can see no significance in death and such things of a literal equality; (2)… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The average mind is slow in grasping a truth, but when the most thoroughly organized, centralized institution, maintained at an excessive national… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
And liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people who have a right from the frame of their nature… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“The divine right of kings may now be acknowledged as a fabrication, a falsified permit for prideful dementia and impulsive mayhem. The… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
We admit of no government by divine right, believing that so far as power is concerned the Beneficent Creator has made no… — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
Since the early days, [the church] has thrown itself violently against every effort to liberate the body and mind of man. It… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
America was the first country in history to be founded on, people have rights. Not the divine right of kings, not the… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image