Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

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This has been quoted as Penn's in various forms since at least 1943 (Fulton J. Sheen, Philosophies at War, p. 154). James H Billington of the Library of Congress wrote (Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations, 2010, p. 145) "Numerous sources cite this remark but it has not been found in Penn's writings." Other variants include

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Unless we are governed by God, we shall be ruled by tyrants. (1949 speech by Norman Vincent Peale) | If men do not find God to rule them, they will be ruled by tyrants. (Roy Masters, How to Conquer Suffering Without Doctors, 1976, p. 50) | ... those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants. (David Barton, The Myth of Separation, 1992, p. 89

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