Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Civil government cannot be obeyed at all

"If your officer commands you to kill your neighbor's child, to kill your father or your mother, would you obey? If you would not obey, the whole argument falls to the ground, for if you can disobey the governors in one case, where do you draw the line up to which you can obey them? There is no line than that laid down by Christianity, and that line is both reasonable and practicable." - Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You, pg. 15

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