Quotes About Authority

Asking politicians to vote themselves out of power is like asking rabbits not to multiply, it ain't natural.

In all countries, and in all ages, from the Druids down to brother Beecher, priests have aimed at universal power.

There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.

Government's power to bully people who have broken no law is dangerous to all of us.

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they may alter the mode and application, but have no power over the substance of original justice.

Power is only too happy to make football bear a diabolical responsibility for stupefying the masses.

Ultimately, power only really listens to power, and if government is to be improved, we must be able to threaten its existence, not merely its reputation.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Lists are a form of power.

Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout?

Beware the abuse of Power. Both by those we disagree with, as well as those we may agree with

The power to regulate the value of money does not involve a power to dilute the value of money by inflation, an absurd and self-serving rendering.

There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods.

Nothing discloses real character like the use of power.

A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.

The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power.

Power is sexy, not simply in its own right, but because it inspires self-confidence in its owner and a shiver of subservience on the part of those who approach it.

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity.

Power corrupts, and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.

The church has no power over our lives any more, which is something of a blessing for those who do not enjoy red-hot pokers or iron thumb-screws.

Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.

Power dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action.

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

Law is but a heathen word for power.