"Let every soul be subject to the higher powers, for there is no power but of God. The powers that be are ordained of God: whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God..." (Preface, Frame of Government of Pennsylvania; Wm Penn)
"This settles the divine right of government beyond exception, and that for two ends, first, to terrify evil doers. Secondly, to cherish those that do well; which gives government a life beyond corruption, and makes it as durable in the world as good men shall be. So that government seems to me a part of religion itself, a thing sacred in its institution and end." (Ibid)
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