Famous quotes containing the words magistrate and/or john:
“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)
“I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies.”
—Bishop John Spong (b. 1931)