Land Force Command

Famous quotes containing the words land, force and/or command:

“He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor, but no one knows his burial place to this day.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 34:6.

“The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“It is manifest therefore that they who have sovereign power, are immediate rulers of the church under Christ, and all others but subordinate to them. If that were not, but kings should command one thing upon pain of death, and priests another upon pain of damnation, it would be impossible that peace and religion should stand together.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)