Crowns Quote by Samuel Rutherford

The civil magistrate cannot function without some ethical guidance, without some standard of good and evil. If that standard is not to be the…

— Anonymous

“ (2.) A severe penalty: The Lord will not hold him guiltless; magistrates, who punish other offences, may not think themselves concerned to take notice…

— Matthew Henry

The magistrate is the servant not of his own desires, not even of the people, but of his God

— John Quincy Adams

“And ye peoples, to whom God gave the liberty to choose your own magistrates, see to it, that ye do not forfeit this favor,…

— John Calvin

Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are all qualified,…

— John Locke

“...people will be sentenced in accordance with their deeds...God's justice is proportional. There is not exactly the same justice for everyone who refuses the…

— J.P. Moreland

“Law is all that separates us from barbarism and the howling within; it is a necessary leash on our darker natures. The same should…

— Kevin Hearne

The civil magistrate cannot function without some ethical guidance, without some standard of good and evil. If that standard is not to be the…

— Greg L. Bahnsen

“if the people involved in seeking justice are not reconciled to God, justice can never be fully executed on their behalf.”

— Stuart Greaves

If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him... Those who will not…

— William Penn

When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.

— John Calvin

God extends his grace to his people (and mankind in general) when he destroys the wicked, because in destroying the wicked, he is averting…

— Andrew Sandlin