John Knox on corruption
John Knox27 quotes“In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption.”
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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
John KnoxJohn Knox But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is everything sin before God, which ungodly persons allege to be treason.
John KnoxJohn Knox Lord, give me Scotland or I die!
John KnoxJohn Knox I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.
John KnoxJohn Knox O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.
John KnoxJohn Knox Ye be proud contemners of the free grace of God offered to man in Christ Jesus. For with the Pelagians and Papists ye are become teachers of free will, and defenders of your own righteousness.
John KnoxJohn Knox Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have commonly been actuated by a species of enthusiasm in their pursuit of it. They have kept one object in view amidst all the vicissitudes of time and torture.
John KnoxJohn Knox No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved.
John KnoxJohn Knox Study to practice in life that which the Lord commands, and then be you assured that you shall never hear nor read the same without fruit.
John KnoxJohn Knox I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again. But ignite me or not, in his grace, in his power, I will hold the ground.
John KnoxJohn Knox Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither he nor such as obey the word, spoken in the Lord’s name by him, offend God.
John KnoxJohn Knox I sought neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor was that Jesus Christ should reign.
John KnoxJohn Knox One man with God is always a majority.
John KnoxJohn Knox The Monstrous Regiment of Women.
John KnoxJohn Knox Although I never lack the presence and plain image of my own wretched infirmity, yet seeing sin so manifestly abounds in all estates, I am compelled to thunder out the threatenings of God against the obstinate rebels.
John KnoxJohn Knox As the world is weary of me so am I of it.
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…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
Baron de MontesquieuBaron de Montesquieu Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
Lord ActonLord Acton The origin of corruption in politics is surely in the thought that you are the bearer of ultimate virtue.
B. W. PoweB. W. Powe When you are looking for corruption, you should look at the entire stratum of the society, while some forms of corruption are direct, others are indirect.
Wole SoyinkaWole Soyinka When I was not the cause of some chaos, a chaos of such proportions that it would provoke a general corruption or a distubance so formal that even after my death its effects would still be felt.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Wherever you look there’s meanness and corruption. This room, this bottle of grape wine, these fruits in the basket, are all products of profit and loss.
Carson McCullersCarson McCullers I will not allow America’s elections to be further corrupted by radical left-wing policies shoved down our throats.
Marjorie Taylor GreeneMarjorie Taylor Greene The evidence of widespread knowledge, corruption, and collusion on behalf of the Biden family with foreign nationals is clear and compelling.
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