Logo
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religi

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. – Aristotle

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Religion
category

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. – Walter Scott

Category:
Religion

If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church. – Tom Brokaw

Category:
Religion

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. – William Ralph Inge

Category:
Religion

An infinite God ought to be able to protect Himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures. – Robert Ingersoll, quoted in Ingersoll the Magnificent

Category:
Religion

Random Quotes

When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics. – William Hague

Category:
Politics

You have to keep hobbies in L.A. Otherwise, its sad. – Lake Bell

Category:
sad

I like to sing in the car with the windows rolled down and hair blowing all over my face. – Lauren Alaina

Category:
car

Ultimately, so much Dr. Seuss is about empowerment. He invites us to disappear into our imagination and then blows the doors off what that can mean. – Gary Ross

Category:
Imagination