Quotes About Authority

Weak emperors mean strong viceroys.

The President and the Congress are all very well in their way. They can say what they think they think, but it rests with the Supreme Court to decide what they have really thought.

Sometimes I wish we could hear of a country that's out of kings.

A government of laws, and not of men

It is dangerous to be right, when the government is wrong

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government and to protect its free expression should be our first object.

Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

Government is not reason it is not eloquence - it is force.

The worst thing in this world next to anarchy is government.

I know the police cause you troubleThey cause trouble everywhereBut when you die and go to heavenYou find no policeman there

The supply of government exceeds the demand.

Tyranny is yielding to the lust of governing.

Government is build on secrets.

Experiment or not, the government is always watching. - Felix

Government is a trust and the officers of the government are trustees and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.

But today, government is taking those rights from us, pretending that it gives us our rights. Indeed, those rights come from God, and it was recognized throughout our history as such.

Themistocles said "The Athenians govern the Greeks I govern the Athenians you my wife govern me your son governs you."

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.

A government that can take all and can seize all, a government that doesn't trust its citizens, a government that says it's their way or the highway... that's the scary part.

Become goddesses of disobedience.

Big Government is erecting a panopticon state - one that sees everything, and regulates everything. It's great "customer service," except that you can never get out of the store.

There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.