He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope’s pretensions,

If ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammed, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports.
BENJAMIN SMITH

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He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope’s pretensions,
BENJAMIN SMITH

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Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue.
BENJAMIN SMITH

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He was Caesar and Pope in o­ne; but he was Pope without Pope’s pretensions,