Civil Government Quotes
32 Civil Government quotes by 21 unique authors
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The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.
— John Quincy Adams
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[T]hat the opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The civil government ... functions with complete success ... by the total separation of the Church from the State.
— James Madison
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It is time enough, for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere [in the propagation of religious teachings] when principles break…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Civil government cannot let any group ride roughshod over others simply because their consciences tell them to do so.
— Robert H. Jackson
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[T]he Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis, or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government. . . . and I am…
— Noah Webster
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The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.
— Fisher Ames
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Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with the probable exigencies…
— Alexander Hamilton
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In short, it is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society,…
— Samuel Adams
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Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite…
— James Madison
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Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with…
— Jared Sparks
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The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility
— Jonathan Mayhew
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Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice, equity, and public…
— Ezra Stiles
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But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government.
— Ezra Stiles
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Everyone talks about religious liberty, but no one believes it. So let us be blunt about it: we must use the doctrine of religious liberty to…
— Gary North
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There can be no good character in civil government if there is none in the people. You cannot make a good omelet with bad eggs.
— R.J. Rushdoony
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The family is the world's greatest welfare agency, and the most successful. What the federal government has done in welfare is small and trifling compared…
— R.J. Rushdoony
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If God is sovereign, then it is impossible for civil government to be neutral on issues of law. All law is based in some religious…
— Randall Terry
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Every civil government is based upon some religion or philosophy of life. Education in a nation will propagate the religion of that nation. In America,…
— Noah Webster
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Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government.
— Benjamin Rush
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That man is formed for social life is an observation which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to our view, and our reason approves…
— Joseph Warren
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A cold-blooded, calculation, unprincipled, usurper, without a virtue, no statesman, knowing nothing of commerce, political economy, or civil government, and supplying ignorance by bold presumption.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian…
— Edmund Burke
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I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.
— Todd Akin
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