Quotes About Authority

The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions.

The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can't return even if it wants to.

It is bad governments, not bad people, who cause revolutions.

An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.

In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures.

The not-self cannot have the bad, meaning they of the government and the judges and the schools cannot allow the bad because they cannot allow the self.

Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved - commitment to a scenario.

The right of revolution, which tyrants, in mockery, accord to mankind, is no legal right under a government; it is only a natural right to overturn a government.

Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government.

The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.

I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.

If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France.

It is a great privilege, as well as our responsibility, to pray for our government leaders.

Go back to bed America, your government is in control again. Go back to bed America... you are free to do as we tell you... you are free to do as we tell you.

Governments institutionalize something for nothing.

As restrictions and prohibitions are multiplied the people grow poorer and poorer. When they are subjected to overmuch government, the land is thrown into confusion.

It is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers but by their distribution that good government is effected.

Government does not grow by seizing our freedoms, but by assuming our responsibilities.

A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.

[T]he kingdom of God... is to be a political institution that shall hold sway over all the earth; to which all other governments will be subordinate and by which they will be dominated.

All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence?

No matter how deeply you distrust the government's judgment, you are too trusting.

The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents.

You could adjust the punishment to fit the infraction. Even a small fine would be enough to bring an errant government to heel.