Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.
The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger.
As in the Divine Right of Kings, hierarchies invest those who preside at the top of their pyramidal structure with absolute power to rule over the lesser ranks that spread down like a marble staircase to the broad foundation stones of those with no power at all.
The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe.
What is divine? Simply that which man has not yet been able to understand. Once understood, it ceases to be divine.
The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us.
A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.
Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
I never thought of myself as a king. People really want you to be their deity. They forget the fact that you are a person who has feelings and doubts.
Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.
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