mace quotes

An absolute and unlimited right over any object of property would be the right to commit nearly every crime.If Ihad sucha right over thestick Iamaboutto cut, I might employ it as a mace to knock down the passengers, or I might convert it into a sceptre as an emblem of royalty, or into an idol to offend the national religion.

-Jeremy Bentham
Principles of the Civil Code, pt.1, ch.13, final note. Collected in John Bowring (ed)  Works (1838^43), vol.1.

Take away that fool's baublethe Mace.

- Oliver Cromwell
  On dismissing the Rump Parliament, 20  Apr.

He resolved to lead Britain and her fading empire in one last great struggle†to arm the nation, not only with weapons but also with the mace of honor, creating in every English breast a soul beneath the ribs of death. 544

-William Raymond Manchester
  Of  Winston Churchill. The Last Lion.