Quotes About Authority

The nearest thing to immortality in this world is a government bureau.

As the capacity to coerce declines, it is natural to turn to control of opinion as the basis for authority and domination - a fundamental principle of government already emphasized by David Hume.

Government is the natural enemy of freedom.

Governments are based on power, companies are based on goodwill, which allows them to invest in the future.

Not only did he [Dean Acheson] not suffer fools gladly, he did not suffer them at all.

When you start talking about government as 'we' instead of 'they,' you have been in office too long.

When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.

Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings.

Governments can't keep looking over the shoulder or at the constellation of stars. You have got to do what you have got to do.

All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people.

Throughout history government has seldom hesitated from robbing its citizens in a crisis.

You call it a 'loophole' when the government still allows you some freedom.

The one thing that flies in the face of all human history and experience, is that the government can do a superior job than the private sector.

Good government has to mean less government.

The smaller the government, the less the need to manipulate politicians.

We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.

No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.

What is politically defined as economic planning is the forcible superseding of other people's plans by Government officials.

In its narrowest acceptation, order means obedience. A government is said to preserve order if it succeeds in getting itself obeyed.

The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals.

It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments.

I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

If I could have my way I would place the Deity on half-pay as the Government of this Country did the subaltern officers.