Famous quotes containing the words foolish and/or magistrate:
“Education. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
“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)