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Quotes from Richard Hooker

He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers.
~ Richard Hooker
So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath two strings, a title of present right and another to provide for future possibility or chance.
~ Richard Hooker
To live by one man's will becomes the cause of all misery.
~ Richard Hooker
Whatsoever is good; the same is also approved of God.
~ Richard Hooker
Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage—the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power.
~ Richard Hooker
That to live by one man's will became the cause of all men's misery.
~ Richard Hooker
Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.
~ Richard Hooker
Angels are unsatisfiable in their longing to do by all means all manner of good unto all the creatures, ...especially the children of men.
~ Richard Hooker
From here it sounds great to say we'll all get together soon, but all I know is this: you can call me fifty days or fifty years from now and I'll be glad to see you.
~ Richard Hooker