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"Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants."

— William Penn

January 1, 1970

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This has been quoted as Penn's in various forms since at least 1943 (Fulton J. Sheen, Philosophies at War, p. 154). James H Billington of the Library of Congress wrote (Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations, 2010, p. 145) "Numerous sources cite this remark but it has not been found in Penn's writings." Other variants include: — Unless we are governed by God, we shall be ruled by tyrants. (1949 speech by Norman Vincent Peale) — If men do not find God to rule them, they will be ruled by

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This has been quoted as Penn's in various forms since at least 1943 (Fulton J. Sheen, Philosophies at War, p. 154). James H Billington of the Library of Congress wrote (Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations, 2010, p. 145) "Numerous sources cite this remark but it has not been found in Penn's writings." Other variants include: — Unless we are governed by God, we shall be ruled by tyrants. (1949 speech by Norman Vincent Peale) — If men do not find God to rule them, they will be ruled by