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title: "28 Divine Authority Quotes by 26 authors"
description: "Browse 28 Divine Authority quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Divine Authority sayings and thoughts."
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> [Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever the right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/wherever-morality-is-based-on-theology-wherever-the-right-is-made/)

[Ludwig Feuerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-feuerbach/)

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> [“Jesus viewed the OT as a divinely inspired authority that was under, not alongside, his own divine authority.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gergory-a-boyd/jesus-viewed-the-ot-as-a-divinely-inspired-authority-that-was-under/)

[Gergory A. Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gergory-a-boyd/)

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> [The Bible rose to the place it now occupies because it deserved to rise to that place, and not because God sent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-barton/the-bible-rose-to-the-place-it-now-occupies-because-it-deserved-to/)

[Bruce Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-barton/)

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> [Before all else, Protestantism is, in its very essence, an appeal from all other authority to the divine authority of Holy Scripture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-warfield/before-all-else-protestantism-is-in-its-very-essence-an-appeal-from/)

[B. B. Warfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-warfield/)

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> [When comprehending how different people truly are, you also comprehend the absolute necessity of some divine authority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/criss-jami/when-comprehending-how-different-people-truly-are-you-also-comprehend/)

[Criss Jami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/criss-jami/)

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> [It is so human a book that I don't see how belief in its divine authority can survive the reading of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/it-is-so-human-a-book-that-i-don-t-see-how-belief-in-its-divine/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [Our National Motto - 'In God We Trust' - was not chosen lightly. It reflects a basic recognition that there is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/our-national-motto-in-god-we-trust-was-not-chosen-lightly-it-reflects/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-pratt/the-kingdom-of-god-is-an-order-of-government-established-by-divine/)

[Orson Pratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-pratt/)

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> [“It is intrinsically impossible for the pope, as pope, to speak with authority on the details of climate science. Nor is he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-zmirak/it-is-intrinsically-impossible-for-the-pope-as-pope-to-speak-with/)

[John Zmirak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-zmirak/)

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> [Priesthood is the means whereby the Lord acts through men to save souls. One of the defining features of the Church of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-a-bednar/priesthood-is-the-means-whereby-the-lord-acts-through-men-to-save/)

[David A. Bednar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-a-bednar/)

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> [In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/in-truth-there-never-was-any-remarkable-lawgiver-amongst-any-people-2/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [When women understand that governments and religions are human inventions; that Bibles, prayer-books, catechisms, and encyclical letters are all emanations from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-cady-stanton/when-women-understand-that-governments-and-religions-are-human/)

[Elizabeth Cady Stanton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-cady-stanton/)

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> [Our founders understood that divine authority was necessary in order to establish a ground on which the weak, the defenseless, the powerless,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/our-founders-understood-that-divine-authority-was-necessary-in-order/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

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> [In its permission to man to render subject to him all other living creatures of the earth, it continued the cruelty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ouida/in-its-permission-to-man-to-render-subject-to-him-all-other-living/)

[Ouida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ouida/)

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> [“In the best case, notions of God’s love and grace provide some relief—but the central message of these faiths is that each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/in-the-best-case-notions-of-god-s-love-and-grace-provide-some-relief/)

[Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/)

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> [“Only a prostitute will trade her valuables for money, so you shouldn't sell your God given ideas and talents for money, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/only-a-prostitute-will-trade-her-valuables-for-money-so-you-shouldn-t/)

[Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/)

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> [“The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints affirms her possession of divine authority for the use of the sacred name, Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-e-talmage/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-affirms-her/)

[James E. Talmage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-e-talmage/)

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> [ \[Religion\] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/religion-attacks-us-in-our-deepest-integrity-the-core-of-our-self/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [There exists, I believe, throughout the whole Christian world, a law which makes it blasphemy to deny or doubt the divine inspiration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/there-exists-i-believe-throughout-the-whole-christian-world-a-law/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/in-truth-there-never-was-any-remarkable-lawgiver-amongst-any-people/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [ “This \[divine authority\] must be our great and singular message to the world. We do not offer it with boasting. We testify… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-b-hinckley/this-divine-authority-must-be-our-great-and-singular-message-to-the/)

[Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-b-hinckley/)

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> [“We think ourselves possessed, or at least we boast that we are so, of liberty of conscience on all subjects and of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/we-think-ourselves-possessed-or-at-least-we-boast-that-we-are-so-of-2/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [“Be not guided by the will-o'-the-wisp of policy, but by the pole-star of divine authority.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/be-not-guided-by-the-will-o-the-wisp-of-policy-but-by-the-pole-star/)

[Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/)

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> [The same divine authority that forbids the killing of a human being establishes certain exceptions, as when God authorizes killing by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/the-same-divine-authority-that-forbids-the-killing-of-a-human-being/)

[Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/)

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> [The principles of all genuine liberty, and of wise laws and administrations are to be drawn from the Bible and sustained by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-webster/the-principles-of-all-genuine-liberty-and-of-wise-laws-and/)

[Noah Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-webster/)

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> [Our claim is that God has revealed Himself by speaking; that this divine (or God-breathed) speech has been written down and preserved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stott/our-claim-is-that-god-has-revealed-himself-by-speaking-that-this/)

[John Stott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stott/)

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> [Just as divine authority was legitimised by religious mythologies and human authority was legitimised by humanist ideologies, so high-tech gurus and Silicon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/just-as-divine-authority-was-legitimised-by-religious-mythologies-and/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

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> [“A parent’s harsh judgment of a child carries with it near-divine authority. Over time, it becomes a governing voice in that child’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-davis/a-parent-s-harsh-judgment-of-a-child-carries-with-it-near-divine/)

[Miranda Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-davis/)

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