“Many people [in authority] oppose us, persecute us, and would like even to destroy us, but we must be patient. As long as their commands are not against our conscience, let us obey them, but when the case is otherwise, let us uphold the rights of God and of the Church, for those are superior to all earthly authority.”
Saint John Bosco
Founder of the Salesian Society for the Christian education of the poor.
(1815 - 1888)