Quotes About Authority

When power is for sale, then government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.

Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given.

The real power is in the hands of small groups of people and I don't think they have titles.

Principles have a way of yielding to power.

Wherever there is power, there is very great responsibility to utilize it properly.

Fundamentalism isn't about religion, it's about power.

Power dressing is combat gear for the trip to the top.

The Autocrat of Russia possesses more power than any other man in the earth; but he cannot stop a sneeze.

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.

There's all different kinds of people, but I don't think it's that unusual that once you get like a little power, you get to do your weird thing even more.

If you have no power, talk about your influence. If you have power, talk about the constraints that hem you in.

Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.

Power lacks moral or principles. It only has interests.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

Why are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads.

Power never takes two weeks off. Power takes long weekends.

Never mistake the power of influence

There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin.

I know My God commands, whose power no power resists.

Because government has tremendous power, it attracts people who are eager to game the system, obtaining by force of law what they could never achieve through consensus.

Have others fear you, and I will have no fear.

Presidents come and go, and even parties come to and away from power. But the main policy tack does not change.

When you leave good people afraid to speak on behalf of justice, however awkwardly or insensitively, those unafraid to speak will rise to power.