If men's minds were as easily controlled as their tongues, every king would sit safely on his throne, and government by compulsion would cease; for every subject would shape his life according to the intentions of his rulers, and would esteem a thing true or false, good or evil, just or unjust, in obedience to their dictates.


Tractatus Theologico-Politicus


If men's minds were as easily controlled as their tongues, every king would sit safely on his throne, and government by compulsion would cease; for...

If men's minds were as easily controlled as their tongues, every king would sit safely on his throne, and government by compulsion would cease; for...

If men's minds were as easily controlled as their tongues, every king would sit safely on his throne, and government by compulsion would cease; for...

If men's minds were as easily controlled as their tongues, every king would sit safely on his throne, and government by compulsion would cease; for...