Quote by: Charles Hodge

The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people; for a representative is one chosen by others to do in their name what they are entitled to do in their own persons; or rather to exercise the powers which radically inhere in those for whom they act.


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Author Bio


  • NameCharles Hodge
  • DescriptionAmerican Presbyterian theologian
  • BornDecember 27, 1797
  • DiedJune 19, 1878
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTheologian