“La ribellione contro i tiranni è obbedienza a Dio.”
Originale
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin proposed this as the motto on the Great Seal of the United States http://www.greatseal.com/committees/firstcomm/reverse.html. It is often falsely attributed to Thomas Jefferson because he endorsed the motto. It may have been inspired by a similar quote made by Simon Bradstreet after the 1688 overthrow of Edmund Andros. Bradstreet's quote is found in two sources: Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the State Convention: assembled May 4th, 1853 (1853) by the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, p. 502 and A Book of New England Legends and Folk Lore (1883) by Samuel Adams Drake. p. 426.
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scienziato e politico statunitense 1706–1790Citazioni simili

Un minuto di saggezza nelle grandi religioni

citato in Arthur Herman, Metternich, dall'Oglio editore, Milano 1958

“Un'obbedienza senza ascolto e senza dialogo non è obbedienza.”
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Origine: Citato in Michael J. Gelb, Il genio che c'è in te.