Quotes About Authority

If one day the military comes to power, it will be through a vote.

I always said I would vote for a resolution that gave the president the leverage to go to the United Nations, and then come back to the Congress for the authority to go to force.

What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.

It is hard to imagine an area in which Congress has more express constitutional authority to act than in protecting the right of minorities to vote.

I should see a board of directors who should vote on who I should date.

What makes a politician accountable is not that there are millions of people who vote, but that there are procedures of government that force him to account for himself.

Only those who vote politicians into power have the right to depose them.

No way Putin will let anyone take away his power. Even if all the people of Russia voted for me.

I like being in control of making all the major decisions pertaining to my projects. That's something that you don't get to do in a group. Everything has to be voted on - every minor decision.

I voted no on the resolution to give the president authority to go to war against Iraq. I was able to apply caveat emptor. Most of my colleagues could not.

A century before the concept took hold in America, pirate ships were democracies. Most captains were elected by crew and could be voted out anytime.

First of all, it's important to note that the federal government doesn't have the authority to take anybody off of any voter rolls. The states are in control of each of their voter rolls in the 50 states.

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.

I believe in the rule of law, and I respect the will of Colorado voters.

Where there is law, and where there is government, there is security.

My aim was never to seek a force and take power.

We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control.

Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.

The Senate is an unknowing world.

Being senior enough in the field, having enough solidity, I don't feel afraid of being marginalized.

Seniority actually means something in the Senate.

One thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority.

Ethics and power are separate.

A true democracy starts by separating state and bad science.