The History of the Christian Religion and Church During the Three First Centuries, Vol. 1 of 2 Quotes

“There maybe in philosophy, just as well as in anything else, a bigotted attachment to certain doctrines and systems, which renders men intolerant and fond of persecution. It rarely, indeed, happens that Plato's wish of seeing philosophy united with sovereign power, can be realized. Plato would be right, if by his philosophy true wisdom is understood, which never can be learned in a school; but the philosophy of a school, united with sovereign power, would assuredly be a most fruitful source of oppression.”
― August Neander, The History of the Christian Religion and Church During the Three First Centuries, Vol. 1 of 2