Civil Magistrate

Famous quotes containing the words civil and/or magistrate:

“Come, civil night,
Thou sober-suited matron all in black.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)