God Commands

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    Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.
    Bible: New Testament (RSV)

    It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is less need of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
    —Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu (1689–1755)