Top Divine Right Quotes

It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to men... and modern nations, in the consecrations of kings, and in several s...

It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to men... and modern nations, in the consecrations of kings, and in several s...

John Adams

Tags: government, happiness, politics, science, philosophy, reason, divinity, mankind, expectation, discovery

Here commences a new dominion acquired with a title by divine right. Ships are sent with the first opportunity; the natives driven out or destroyed; their princes tortured to discover their gold; a...

Jonathan Swift

Here commences a new dominion acquired with a title by divine right. Ships are sent with the first opportunity; the natives driven out or destroyed; their princes tortured to discover their gold; a...

Jonathan Swift

Tags: killing, murder, genocide, religious violence, conversion, convert, divine command theory, divine right, horrors of religion