"Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom."

Authority, Custom, Mankind

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"Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom."

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"Rebuke her/him who rejects the kingdom."

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"You govern people, you do good and bad things.If you don't have guts to do bad, then step aside."

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"God indeed has given the earth under to the control of man."

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"Even the most honest human in authority often does not have the power to undo the damages that bad people do."

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"Perhaps it would be simpler if you just did what you're told and didn't try to understand things."

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"The devil is a professional in destroying lives, but the problem is that people themselves allow him to destroy their lives."

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"The system in the world want to control people and rule them for its own purposes."

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"A king and his domain results in a kingdom."

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"Even something as simple as ending a sentence with the tone of a question mark rather than a period can diminish a person's authority and credibility."

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"Dogma in power does have a unique chilling ingredient not exhibited by power, however ghastly, wielded for its own traditional sake."

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"In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best."

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"A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity."

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