Saint Ambrose Quotes

Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and render unto God what is God's.

Do not believe a creature against his creator.

Now God has chosen me to be king over the entire world. What I do, I must do, because God has ordained me. Dear brothers and sisters, let us now give thanks to God.

The apostle enters upon his subject thus - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God.

If God himself did not compel obedience, than no man should try.

Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves

Obey God, obey his Prophet, and obey those in authority over you.

O you who believe! Obey God, the Prophet, and those who have authority among you.

Governing the people's affairs is one of the greatest religious obligations.

Satan cannot win. Why not? Because he has denied God's sovereignty and disobeyed God's law. But Moses was told explicitly, God's blessings come only from obedience. Satan will not win because he has abandoned God's tool of dominion, biblical law.

Jesus was a perfect example of following authority. He was subject to His earthly parents; he subjected himself to the laws of the land, and as God, he had the power not to do any of it.

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

TO fear God, is one of the first and greatest Duties of his rational Creatures.

God's words first... obey God's law first before considering the laws of man.

God is the one who chooses our rulers.

God save the king!

Political power, considered in general, not descending in particular to monarchy, aristocracy, or democracy, comes directly from God alone.

The authority of all magistrates (with however great power and sovereignty they be vested) is as it were hedged in by these two limits set by God himself, namely Piety and Charity

This nations must stand for or against Christ.

If they [elected politicians] ought to be just towards men, ought they not also to abstain from robbing God, and to render unto him that honour which is HIS due?

No political leader deserves the allegiance of what he never created. I can only give my allegiance to the one God. So when my President calls I don’t jump. If his call is not in accordance with the call of God, I do not answer.

It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do; so it is presumption and contempt to dispute what a king can do, or say that a king cannot do this or that.

One who takes on the humiliation of the State Is called a Ruler: worthy of offering sacrifices to the gods of earth millet; One who takes on himself the calamity of the State Is called a King: worthy of dominion over the entire Empire.

To despise legitimate authority, no matter in whom it is invested, is unlawful; it is rebellion against God's will.

Thou shalt honor the gods and love thy country. Thou shalt clearly understand the principles of Heaven and the duty of man. Thou shalt revere the Mikado as thy sovereign, and obey the will of his court.