John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
277 Rihard Hooker 1554?-1600 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 277 |
| AUTHOR: | Richard Hooker (1554?–1600) |
| QUOTATION: | Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage,—the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ecclesiastical Polity. Book i. |