The Protector Quotes

“It was your pride that begat this expression. And it is for filthy lucre's sake that you keep it up; that by making the people believe that they are not so holy as yourselves, they might, for their penny, purchase, some sanctity from you; and that you might bridle, saddle, and ride them at your pleasure; and do (as is most true of you) as the Scribes and Pharisees of old did by their 'Laity,' - keep the knowledge of the Law from them, and then be able in their pride to say, 'This people that know not the Law are cursed.”
― Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné, The Protector: A Vindication