Quotes About Authority

The power which establishes a state is violence the power which maintains it is violence the power which eventually overthrows it is violence.

So then, the end of history is contingent: it will come whenever it may be that Christ delivers up the kingdom to his Father.[41] But this will not occur until "after He has destroyed all dominion, authority and power" (see also: ESV). Consequently, the end will not occur, and Christ will not turn the kingdom over to the Father, until after he has abolished all opposition.

We must recall that the new covenant does not bring with it a new Law, but rather the power to keep the same Law.

Absolute monarchy may indeed be the most efficient system the world has ever known, but we had better wait for the absolute control of the Perfect One, in the meantime resisting any pretenders to the throne.

His speech failed to rouse an enthusiastic cheer, but no one dared contradict him.

God must have loved the people in power, for he made them so much like their own image of him.

What shall light us to murder & defile if by some chance the Laws of the State happen to get turned off?

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

Although they weren't a superior force; Captain Hudson and his group had two distinct advantages. First they represented the Realm of the Galaxies; an authority that had not been challenged in 100 years. And second, the LMC squadrons were trying to escape. Their pilots did not want to engage in a fire fight.

I stopped and gazed on the little dull man who was being paid to be a teacher of teachers. I turned and walked to the door, slammed it closed with a bang, and broken glass crashed to the floor. There was uproar behind me in the class, which did not interest me at all.

A fig for those by law protected! Liberty's a glorious feast! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the priest.

Well as, one judge said to the other, "Be just and if you can't be just be arbitrary."

Is Control controlled by its need to control? Answer: yes.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

A dictatorship would be a lot easier ... so long as I'm the dictator.

I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president.

The nature of the presidency is that sometimes you don't choose which challenges come to your desk. You do decide how to respond.

The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.

A teacher once described the Haitians in her class as very obedient and polite. I said that's because their families will beat them if they get in trouble. Sensing my disapproval, she said it is good that they discipline their kids. Yes, but it can be taken too far when they instill fear of authority and beat the spirit out of their children.

Sometimes, one must become a master to avoid becoming a slave.

To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

No Indian prince has to his palace More followers than a thief to the gallows.

We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules.

Our government has found that the most effective way to control a person is not by the ballot or the bullet, but rather by the 'bucket'. Today, in a country that fought a revolution to rid itself of a repressive government and excessive taxes, government takes 40 percent of everything we earn in the form of taxes.