Foolish Magistrate

Famous quotes containing the words foolish and/or magistrate:

    “I am a very foolish fond old man,
    Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less;
    And to deal plainly,
    I fear I am not in my perfect mind.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.”
    —Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)