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Ferenc Dávid Quotes

d. 1579 Hungary

Ferenc Dávid (c.1520 – 15 November 1579), also known as Francis David and Frances David, was the founder of the Unitarian Church in Transylvania, and highly influential in encouraging King John II Sigismund Zápolya of Hungary to issue the Edict of Torda (1568), also known as the Patent of Toleration.

Hungary

Also known as: Ferenc David, Francis David

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There is no greater mindlessness and absurdity than to force conscience and the spirit with external power, when only their creator has authority for them.

Neither the sword of popes, nor the cross, nor the image of death — nothing will halt the march of truth. I wrote what I felt and that is what I preached with trusting spirit. I am convinced that after my destruction the teachings of false prophets will collapse.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Letter to Jost Winteler (1901)

We need not think alike to love alike.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ferenc Dávid (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.