“How dangerous it is to refer to Divine right matters merely speculative and subject or liable to dispute. The most tyrannical governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right over his thoughts–nay, such a state of things leads to the rule of popular passion.”
– Benedict de Spinoza, A Theologico-Political Treatise, Chapter XVIII: From the Commonwealth of the Hebrews, and Their History, Certain Political Doctrines are Deduced.
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