Quotes About Authority

If the first moment of the day fails to stir you, you are no longer fit to command.

Often you told me that responsibility and authority are privileges, not the rights of every man for the taking.

Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey,Dost sometimes counsel take—and sometimes tea.

For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best.

Who shall decide when doctors disagree?

She who ne'er answers till a husband cools,Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules;Charms by accepting, by submitting, sways,Yet has her humor most, when she obeys.

She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen.

And proud his mistress' orders to perform,Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.

The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.

Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me.

I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me sir, whose dog are you?

I was not born to amuse the Tsars.

Every student doffed his hat when the president approached, and bowed as he passed, or faced his wrath. Freshmen, meanwhile, acted as flunkies for the upperclassmen, who exacted a very painful form of punishment on those unwise enough to tell them where to go. The first priority, apart from striving to

And therefore I ordered him to be instantly hanged.

Why fight what's known to be decisive?Custom is despot of mankind.

If the men are supposed to be the heads of the family, they must also be the heads of the community. The community must be structured in a way that supports the pattern of the family, and the family must be structured in a way that supports the pattern of the community.

We are in the business of teaching and modeling obedience to God.

the New Testament offers more instruction regarding elders than on other important church subjects such as the Lord's Supper, the Lord's Day, baptism, or spiritual gifts. When you consider the New Testament's characteristic avoidance of detailed regulation and church procedures (when compared to the Old Testament), the attention given to elders is amazing.

I am afraid Luther will not recant, Holy Father,' Cajetan said. 'I looked into his eyes. He would not recant even facing the fire of the stake.' 'I have no problem with the fire of the stake either.' Leo X answered.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor carth two masters.

There is more law in a policeman's nightstick than in a decision of the Supreme Court.

Be Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Emperor Paul–crush them all under you . . . be the Master, & all will bow down to you.

Don't you have somewhere you need to be?" she gritted. "The kitchen? The sewers? The fires of hell?

Lack of personal morality plus "politically correct" prohibition against judging others' behavior and naming immorality sets up a social environment receptive and vulnerable to a tyrannical government. A tyrannical government transforms every aspect of the cultural day-to-day lives of everyone under its control across all areas from the educational and penal systems to fine art and entertainment dictates right on down to housing regulations and food availabilities.