It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
We're talking about everybody's free right to have choice. And so what we're also getting are interesting messages like you really need… — Asra Nomani Copy Share Image
Disciple making is not a call for others to come to us to hear the gospel but a command for us to… — David Platt Copy Share Image
The patriot, like the Christian, must learn to bear revilings and persecutions as a part of his duty; and in proportion as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The state is an organization of mere mortals who, by one dubious method or another, have been allowed to don the mantle… — Sheldon Richman Copy Share Image
Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Naturally we all have an inclination to command, and a great aversion to obey; and yet it is certain that it is… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Commit whatever grieves thee into the gracious hands of Him who never leaves thee, who heav'n and earth commands. Who points the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity, and gifted with an egotistical imagination that can at all times… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
When He tells us to love our enemies He gives, along with the command, the love itself. — Corrie Ten Boom Copy Share Image
Do not talk to me of Archimedes' lever. He was an absent-minded person with a mathematical imagination. Mathematics commands my respect, but… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to 'do what the people want,' instead of what the document actually commands, politicians… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Subjects have no greater liberty in a popular than in a monarchial state. That which deceives them is the equal participation of… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
And that is that they went about systematically understanding how to disrupt and change a person's entire processes. And these Taliban -… — Pete Sessions Copy Share Image
To be a woman condemned to a wretched and disgraceful punishment is no impediment to beauty, but it is an insurmountable obstacle… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
It takes a hundred times more skill to make love than to command an army. — Ninon de L'Enclos Copy Share Image
When I am in charge of a vessel, I always command; nobody commands but me. I take all the responsibility, all the… — Michael A. Healy Copy Share Image
I've always been attracted to characters with insurmountable odds and obstacles, because innately, however inarticulately I've always believed that my dreams and… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
The Bible says that when we obey God’s commands, we benefit. I think we naturally assume that if we look out for… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
Teachers still command great respect in the families and societies of many Asian cultures. — Andy Hargreaves Copy Share Image
In the process of helping some (perhaps most) people to more utility and justice, the state imposes on civil society a system… — Anthony de Jasay Copy Share Image
To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Both angels and demons are ignorant of the future, yet they make predictions. The angels do so when God reveals the future… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
