Protection, therefore, against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough; there needs protection against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Every answer he [President John Adams] gives to his addressers unmasks more and more his principles and views. His language to the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The power of Kings and Magistrates is nothing else, but what is only derivative, transferrd and committed to them in trust from… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the Playwright chooses the manner of it: If he wants you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
No gilded dome swells from the lowly roof to catch the morning or evening beam; but the love and gratitude of united… — Edward Everett Hale Copy Share Image
In cities men cannot be prevented from concerting together, and from awakening a mutual excitement which prompts sudden and passionate resolutions. Cities… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Kings and magistrates are invested with no more power than the people entrust to them. — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
In Belgium, the magistrate has the dignity of a prince, but by Bacchus, it is true that the brewer is king. — Emile Verhaeren Copy Share Image
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it. — Cato the Younger Copy Share Image
If magistrates had true justice, and if physicians had the true art of healing, they would have no occasion for square caps;… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It is of infinite importance to the public that the acts of magistrates should not only be substantially good, but also that… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
If all were perfect Christians, individuals would do their duty; the people would be obedient to the laws, the magistrates incorrupt, and… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
O human creature,you are the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and all in all, the fool of the farce. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people governed by grave… — Rufus Choate Copy Share Image
If I had forty wives in the United States, they did not know it, and could not substantiate it, neither did I… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
A just and wise magistrate is a blessing as extensive as the community to which he belongs; a blessing which includes all… — Francis Atterbury Copy Share Image
In towns it is impossible to prevent men from assembling, getting excited together and forming sudden passionate resolves. Towns are like great… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
When the supreme magistrate will not execute the judgment of the Lord, those who made him supreme magistrate, under God, who have… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
“...the work of inspection was left to magistrates and clergymen. To the relief of employers, experience showed that magistrates and clergymen had… — bertrand russell Copy Share Image
But the Jews are so hardened that they listen to nothing; though overcome by testimonies they yield not an inch. It is… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It is so difficult to draw a clear line of separation between the abuse and the wholesome use of the press, that… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The civil magistrate cannot function without some ethical guidance, without some standard of good and evil. If that standard is not to… — Greg L. Bahnsen Copy Share Image
If Aristotle, Livy, and Harrington knew what a republic was, the British constitution is much more like a republic than an empire.… — John Adams Copy Share Image
All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; [...] magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times… — George Mason Copy Share Image
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