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• In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have been accepted by the people
  for there are many good laws, the importance of which is known to be the sagacious lawgiver, but the reasons for which are not sufficiently evident to enable him to persuade others to submit to them...
• Never trust anyone who volunteers to assume authority.
• ot picked from the leaves of any author, but bred amongst the weeds and tares of mine own brain.
  -- Thomas Browne...
• The organization of any program reflects the organization of the people who develop it.
  -- Bill Gray...
• He that never changed any of his opinions never corrected any of his mistake
  and he who was never wise enough to find out any mistakes in himself will not be charitable enough to excuse mistakes in others....
• About the only people who don't quarrel over religion are the people who don't have any.
  -- Bob Edward...
• No morality can be founded on authority, even if the authority were divine.
• Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe
  will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people....