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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.

 
NUMBER: 746
AUTHOR: William Penn (1644–1718)
QUOTATION: Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
ATTRIBUTION: Attributed to WILLIAM PENN.—Virginia Ely, I Quote, p. 189 (1947). Unverified.

Numerous sources cite this remark but it has not been found in Penn’s writings.
SUBJECTS: Government