How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.
We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction. There are many voices of counsel, but few voices of vision; there is much excitement and feverish activity, but little concert of thoughtful purpose. We are distressed by our own ungoverned, undirected energies and do many things, but nothing long. It is our duty to find ourselves.
Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?
The fortune of us that are the moon's men doth ebb and flow like the sea, being governed, as the sea is, by the moon.
I honestly believe that in my lifetime we will see a country once again governed by Christians...and Christian values. What Christians have got to do is take back this country, one precinct at a time, one neighborhood at a time, and one state at a time.
If men will not be governed by God, they will be ruled by tyrants.
Let the people think they govern, and they will be governed.