Moses Mendelssohn Quote

The state dictates and coerces; religion teaches and persuades. The state enacts laws; religion gives commandments. The state is armed with physical force and makes use of it if need be; the force of religion is love and benevolence.


Jerusalem; a Treatise on Ecclesiastical Authority and Judaism (ed. 1838)


The state dictates and coerces; religion teaches and persuades. The state enacts laws; religion gives commandments. The state is armed with physical...

The state dictates and coerces; religion teaches and persuades. The state enacts laws; religion gives commandments. The state is armed with physical...

The state dictates and coerces; religion teaches and persuades. The state enacts laws; religion gives commandments. The state is armed with physical...

The state dictates and coerces; religion teaches and persuades. The state enacts laws; religion gives commandments. The state is armed with physical...