The sovereignty of the state as the power that protects the individual and that defines the mutual relationships among the visible spheres, rises high above them by its right to command and compel. But within these spheres ... another authority rules, an authority that descends directly from God apart from the state. This authority the state does not confer but acknowledges.
Abraham KuyperThere is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, 'Mine.'
Abraham KuyperWe understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their existence to the State, but obey a high authority within their own bosom; an authority which rules, by the grace of God, just as the sovereignty of the State does.
Abraham KuyperWhat is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?
Abraham KuyperDo not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
Abraham KuyperGenius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influence on the whole condition of human life. This sovereignty of genius is a gift of God, possessed only by his grace. It is subject to no one and is responsible to him alone who has granted it this ascendancy.
Abraham Kuyper