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The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into read more
The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Obedience alone gives the right to command
Obedience alone gives the right to command
God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeksslaves and claims obedience.
God seeks comrades and claims love, the Devil seeksslaves and claims obedience.
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress read more
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than read more
Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than reason
