Citizens Quote by Henry Miller

Legalism insists on conformity to manmade religious rules and requirements, which are often unspoken but are nevertheless very real... There are far too many…

— Jerry Bridges

In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses…

— Thomas Jefferson

Legalism is looking to something besides Jesus Christ in order to be acceptable and clean before God.

— Timothy Keller

It is a very rare church indeed that encourages its members to think for themselves in religious matters, or even tolerates this, and in…

— Anne Roe

“In all religions, as in all legal systems. people find ways to skirt the rules. We obey the letter of the law without honoring…

— Sy Montgomery

Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest -…

— Keith O'Brien

"Rituals" don't make you righteous, it's uprightness: living up to moral principles and ethical principles, and submitting to universal law established by God.

— Louis Farrakhan

I always like to associate with a lot of priests because it makes me understand anti-clerical things so well.

— Hilaire Belloc

The priest invents and encourages every kind of suffering and distress so that man may not have the opportunity to become scientific, which requires…

— Robert Sheaffer

The law hath so many contradictions and varyings from itself, that the law may not improperly be called a law-breaker. It is become too…

— Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet

“The priest is immense because he makes others believe in a heap of weird things. The Church wanting to do everything and be everything:…

— Charles Baudelaire

The Priestly Code preponderates over the rest of the legislation in force, as well as in bulk; in all matters of primary importance it…

— Julius Wellhausen