John Milton Quotes
Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational.
Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Samuel Simmons, 1667, book 2, lines 496-498.
Compare Mark 3:25, above, and Abraham Lincoln's use of the phrase in one of his most famous speeches.
The debate had come to an impasse over the issue of voting and taxation by state equally or proportional to the population. Witherspoon warned of the consequence of there being no agreement on some form of unity.
John Milton was an English poet and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious shifts and political instability, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667). Written in blank verse, Paradise Lost is widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written.
