It becomes us, therefore, to be contented, and dutiful subjects.

For which reason I would exhort you to pay all due Regard to the government over us; to the KING and all in authority; and to lead a quiet and peaceable life.

Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle.

It is our happiness to live under the government of a PRINCE who is satisfied with ruling according to law; as every other good prince will - We enjoy under his administration all the liberty that is proper and expedient for us.

The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility.

Not to discontinue our allegiance, in this case, would be to join with the sovereign in promoting the slavery and misery of that society, the welfare of which, we ourselves, as well as our sovereign, are indispensably obliged to secure and promote, as far as in us lies.

The apostle enters upon his subject thus - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God.

Extremes are dangerous.

It would be stupid tameness, and unaccountable folly, for whole nations to suffer one unreasonable, ambitious and cruel man, to wanton and riot in their misery.

I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary.

It becomes us, therefore, to be contented, and dutiful subjects.

Let us all learn to be free, and to be loyal.

There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism.

There are men who strike at liberty under the term licentiousness.

But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.

According to this way of arguing, there will be no true principles in the world; for there are none but what may be wrested and perverted to serve bad purposes, either through the weakness or wickedness of men.

All civil rulers, as such, are the ordinance and ministers of God; and they are all, by the nature of their office, and in their respective spheres and stations, bound to consult the public welfare.

Till people find themselves greatly abused and oppressed by their governors, they are not apt to complain; and whenever they do, in fact, find themselves thus abused and oppressed, they must be stupid not to complain.

Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness.

The apostle enters upon his subject thus let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God.

I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.

The spirit of liberty is not merely as multitudes imagine a jealousy of our own particular rights but a respect for the rights of others and an unwillingness that any man whether high or low should be wronged and trampled under foot.

It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives.

know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

We cannot change the political system, we cannot change the economic system, we cannot change the social system, until the people control the land, and then we take it out of the hands of that sick minority that chooses to pervert the meaning and the intention of humanity.

You don't need to know this - but here goes: due to some acquired infantilism, I feel compelled to fall asleep listening to the radio. On a good night, I'll push the frail barque of my psyche off into the waters of Lethe accompanied by the midnight newsreader - on a bad one, it's the shipping forecast.

On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of another world.

Part of the joy of music is listening to lots of different kinds of music and learning from it. Specifically for me, I like writing songs that move me, and what moves me are beautiful songs on the piano or the guitar and really, really heavy music.

'How to Survive a Plague' is history-telling at its best. It's a film I'll show my two children, now toddlers, when they are old enough to understand. It's a movie that I cannot forget.

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.

I think most men, heterosexual and homosexual, enjoy being considered sexual objects.

The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer.

To make a career as an Irish actor, generally it's the case that you move to London. When you make that move, you do tend to stand out.

Sometimes America gets tempted by the glitz and glamour.

I used to stand in front of the mic and cry.

Idle time is the devil's play.

Of course I watch 'Life with La Toya' on OWN.

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I shall have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it, even if I may not have it at the beginning.

I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not going to get too many surprises if you only focus on the stuff that fits inside the box that you know.

Whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly for the Lord and not for man, because our true identity is in Him.

In regards to your love life, you're just entering into a whole of pain if you talk about it. If you've never said anything, there are no sound bites to haunt you when you're crying into a box of Kleenex after it all goes wrong.

I love OneRepublic, The Script, All Time Low. I love pretty much every genre. I love the Rolling Stones and Elvis.

There are a whole bunch of structural and systemic factors we need to address in order to move away from the model in which women really are still dependent on men.