Quotes About Authority

For, as I have already said, it is the ecclesiastical and not the secular arm which must defend us.

He who controls the present, controls the pen that records the past and thus is the owner of the brush that paints the future.

The trouble with the scientific approach, thought the Brigadier, was that it left you at the mercy of your scientists.

I soon learned that it is always easier for a bureaucrat to say no. They can't get in trouble saying no.

Everything rises and falls on leadership. —John Maxwell

I must have been a really tough kid to corral. I got disciplined quite frequently. I guess that would be the best way to say it. The rod, I wore out the rod. You know, Spare the rod and spoil the child? Well, I wore out the rod.

DOWN A PEG (OR TWO) Humbled. An admiral flew his personal standard at the highest point of the mast, attached by rope to one of a series of pegs at its base. If a more senior admiral came aboard, the original standard would be taken down a peg or two to make room for the new flag. DRESSING

Central governments have always been the greatest danger to mankind.

The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view of authority as inherently oppressive.

Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

Heaven. He can bring down any nation He wants to bring down in one night—anytime He wants.

using the pseudo legitimacy of human religion and secular knowledge.

Trajan became commander of the world's largest army. It was a tradition for any new emperor to kick-start his reign with a little military adventure – and Trajan especially wasn't going to be left out. Kicking ass on the frontiers helped an emperor to stamp his authority on the Empire, built his reputation and kept the army busy. Besides, Trajan took 'delight in war'.19

It is only when you speak the Word of God that its power is exerted in your behalf.

Psalm 22:3 says the Lord is "enthroned in the praises" of His people. Our praises are the throne from which He chooses to exert His authority. Satan, and Adam after him, tried to dethrone God. Praise enthrones Him.

Most Christians do not understand the true meaning of submission to authority. The Bible teaches that all authority has been instituted by God Himself, so to refuse to submit to God's delegated authority is to refuse to submit to God.

We must not look at the person, but at the office he occupies. We do not regard the man, but the position. We obey, not the individual himself, but God's authority in him. Anything less than full submission is rebellion, and rebellion is the principle on which Satan and his kingdom operate.

Always remember this: God will never establish you as an authority until you have first learned to submit to authority.

Understanding Authority Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers;

No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled. "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?" "What?" "Oh, you'd like something simpler?

Mother Church.

I wish I knew how one is supposed to live. I wish somebody had taught me. Why do people we take for authorities when we are children let us down in this respect? Who is to tell us which is right? The cross, the crescent, the hammer and sickle, the smiling Buddha? do as you would be done by.

The hand would chastise the head.

A battle for power is a battle for survival, and in such a battle there are no rules of conduct. Power will use whatever means are available to it with which to challenge the warrior.