Famous quotes containing the words ruskin and/or heights:
“Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)
“The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)