dominion quotes

Quamdiu centum viui remanserint, nuncquam Anglorum dominio aliquatenus volumus subjugari. As long as one hundred of us shall remain alive, we shall never consent to subject ourselves in any degree to English dominion.

-Anonymous
  Declaration of  Arbroath, a letter sent by the barons of Scotland to Pope John XXII, asserting Scotland's independence from England and their right to defend that independence with or without the support of their sovereign.

When Iconsider thyheavens,theworkofthy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.Thou madest himtohave dominionover the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms 8:3^6.

By this also ye must know that women have dominion over you: doye not labourand toil, and give and bring all to the woman? Yea, a man taketh his sword, and goeth his way to rob and to steal, to sail upon the sea and upon rivers; And looketh upon a lion, and goeth in the darkness; and when he hath stolen, spoiled, and robbed, he bringeth it to his love.

-Bible (Apocrypha)
Esdras 4:22^4.

Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Romans 6:9.

   The dominion of the sea, as it is an ancient and undoubted right of the crown of England, so it isthe best security of the land† The wooden walls are the best walls of this kingdom.

-Coventry,Thomas, 1st Baron
  Speech to the Star Chamber,17  Jun.'Wooden walls'refers to ships.

To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature, contumely to God, a thing most contrarious to his revealed will and approved ordinance; and, finally, it isthe subversion of good order, of all equityand justice.

-Knox,John
  First Blast of the Trumpet against theMonstrous Regiment of Women.

As to woman's subjection†it is important to note that equal dominion isgiven to woman over every living thing, but not oneword issaidgiving mandominionover woman.

-Stanton, Elizabeth ne¤  e  Cady
  TheWoman's Bible, pt.1, ch.1,'Comments on Genesis'.

Though they go mad they shall be sane Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again; Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.

-Thomas, Dylan Marlais
  'And Death Shall Have No Dominion'.

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