DANIEL'S RULE OF LAW, WHY IT MATTERS AMERICAN FOUNDING PRINCIPLES

In 1534, Sir Thomas More refused to take an oath of succession, upholding King Henry's divorce to marry Anne and repudiate the Papal supremacy."[More] had always refused to recognize the right of an individual to put his conscience before obedience to authority; but now he would claim that his conscience forbade him to obey authority" Statesman and Saint, Cardinal Wolsey, Sir Thomas More and the Politics of Henry VIII, Jasper Ridley (1982). "On 7 February, 1978, the five-hundredth anniversa...