"Spedalieri was wrongly claimed by the Liberals as one of theirs, and if some of them accuse him of a want of loyalty when he wishes to conciliate democracy and a Divine sanction of the social order, it is because they do not understand the true nature of democracy or of the saying that all authority comes from God."
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Umberto Benigni, Nicola Spedalieri (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
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Nicola Spedalieri
Nicola Spedalieri (6 December 1740 – 26 November 1795) was an Italian priest, theologian, and philosopher.
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