Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants

Quote by William Penn

Topics: God Quotes, Men Quotes, Tyranny Quotes

Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders...

Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders...

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live...

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live...

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep...

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep...

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what...

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what...

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet...

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet...

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its...

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its...

Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth...

Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth...

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good...

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good...

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as...

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as...

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than...

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than...

There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air,...

There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air,...

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

He that lives to live forever, never fears dying.

He that lives to live forever, never fears dying.