government by kings was first introduced into the world by the Heathens, from whom the children of Israel copied the custom. It was the most prosperous invention the Devil ever set on foot for the promotion of idolatry.
- Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)
Christianity in its true sense puts an end to the State. It was so understood from its very beginning, and for that Christ was crucified.
Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You, 1894
Christianity in its true sense puts an end to the State. It was so l understood from its very beginning, and for that Christ was crucified.
Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You
planting season this year is really off to a rough start, between diesel price and fertilizer going up it’s going to be a bumpy ride all the way through harvest (and the markets aren’t looking good for that either)
Christ founded no church, established no state, gave practically no laws, organized no government and set up no external authority, but he did seek to write on the hearts of men God's law and make them self-legislating.
Free Speech for Radicals (1916) by Theodore Schroeder
every government explains its existence, and justifies its deeds of violence, by the argument that if it did not exist the condition of things would be very much worse. After assuring the people of its danger the government subordinates it to control, and when in this condition compels it to attack some other nation. And thus the assurance of the government is corroborated in the eyes of the people, as to the danger of attack from other nations.
~ Leo Tolstoy, in Christianity and Patriotism (1895)