Government Quotes

CHRISTIAN QUOTES ON Government. Part of a large selection of Christian quotes and sayings in a variety of topics by famous people, authors, theologians, pastors, preachers, teachers, and other notable Christians.

Who can endure a doctrine which would allow only dentists to say whether our teeth were aching, only cobblers to say whether our shoes hurt us, and only governments to tell us whether we were being well governed?     Author: C.S. Lewis Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.     Author: Henry Ward Beecher The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.     Author: Henry Ward Beecher No man can possibly be benevolent or religious, to the full extent of his obligations, without concerning himself, to a greater or less extent, with the affairs of human government.     Author: Charles Finney No government is lawful or innocent that does not recognize the moral law as the only universal law, and God as the Supreme Lawgiver and Judge, to whom nations in their national capacity, as well as individuals, are amenable.     Author: Charles Finney The moral law of God is the only law of individuals and of nations, and nothing can be rightful government but such as is established and administered with a view to its support.     Author: Charles Finney The obligation of human beings to support and obey human governments, while they legislate upon the principles of the moral law, is an unalterable as the moral law itself.     Author: Charles Finney Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.     Author: G.K. Chesterton The only defensible war is a war of defense.     Author: G.K. Chesterton The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.     Author: G.K. Chesterton The government of the United States is acknowledged by the wise and good of other nations, to be the most free, impartial, and righteous government of the world; but all agree, that for such a government to be sustained many years, the principles of truth and righteousness, taught in the Holy Scriptures, must be practiced. - Emma Willard     Author: Assorted Authors It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to emplore His protection and favor.     Author: George Washington