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Quotation from Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I) by Richard Hooker
“Laws they are not therefore which public approbation hath not made so.”
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I), Book I, ch. X (Everyman's Library printing, Internet Archive OCR text)
On the authority of human laws in political societies, which rests on the consent of the governed given in person or through representatives.
Citation: "Laws they are not therefore which public approbation hath not made so." — Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I), Book I, ch. X (Everyman's Library printing, Internet Archive OCR text). (id hooker-laws-of-ecclesiastical-polity-q7)
Portrait: Wenceslas Hollar - Richard Hooker (State 1), Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain.
