Instituted Quotes
77 quotes by 60 authors
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Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not only to abstain…
— George Washington
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This worship, given therefore to the Trinity of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, above all accompanies and permeates the…
— Pope John Paul II
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Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men's natural abilities as to restrain them.
— Baruch Spinoza
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For that purpose Christ instituted holy baptism, thereby to clothe you with his righteousness. It is tantamount to his saying, My righteousness shall be your…
— Martin Luther
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Since it is impossible for the people spontaneously and universally, to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential, that such changes…
— James Madison
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By nature's law, every man has a right to seize and retake by force his own property taken from him by another, by force of…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Marriage was created by the hand of God. No man, not even a Supreme Court, can undo what a holy God has instituted.
— Michele Bachmann
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Serious or trivial, his daily behavior has instituted a canon which millions observe this day with conscious memory. No one regarded by any section of…
— David George Hogarth
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Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.
— Samuel Johnson
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What the universal Church holds, not as instituted [invented] by councils but as something always held, is most correctly believed to have been handed down…
— Saint Augustine
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Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term…
— James Madison
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[A]ll power is originally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of…
— James Madison
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Communism is Utopia, that is nowhere. It is the avatar of all our religious eschatologies: the coming of the Messiah, the second coming of Christ,…
— Immanuel Wallerstein
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As to those other things which we hold on the authority, not of Scripture, but of tradition, and which are observed throughout the whole world,…
— Saint Augustine
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What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to…
— Saint Augustine
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The sacred rites, although not instituted specifically for proving the truth of the dogmas of the Catholic Faith incontrovertibly, are effectively the living voice of…
— Pope Leo XIII
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On any other hypothesis, the delegation of judicial power would annul the authority delegating it; and the concurrence of this department with the others in…
— James Madison
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[M]y fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe; who presides in the councils of nations; and whose providential aid can supply…
— George Washington
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The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the want of a…
— Alexander Hamilton
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It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the rights of persons,…
— James Madison
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