Quotes About Authority

The best type of government comes from a government that is scrutinized by the people when they have true information about our governments, major corporations, other power actors in society.

The devil has no power over us only as we permit him. The moment we revolt at anything which comes from God, the devil takes power.

The look of a king is itself a deed.

Appearance is a type of power.

Power, carried to extremes, is always liable to reaction.

A father has to do everything in his power to keep a tight ship, even though he knows the crew would like to send him away in a dinghy.

Congress constitutionally lacks general police powers.

Thank God for the white male power structure.

The hardest thing I have done is given up power.

One precedent in favor of power is stronger than a hundred against it.

Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience.

I learned the power of storytelling and the responsibility that people with influence have to speak out

When you have real power you don't threaten. People know what your capabilities are.

He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when it is in his power to do so.

Don't give up your power.

I'm interested, I suppose, in tortured power.

Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.

The most intimidating world leader was Lyndon Johnson, who became U.S. President when John Kennedy was assassinated. He exulted in this power and liked to inspire fear.

When in doubt, grab power.

So long as we only believe in the justice of the state, of the law-made by those in power, to serve those in power-so long will we continue to be exploited by those in power.

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.

Martyrs and persecutors are the same type of man. As to which is the persecutor and which the martyr, this is only a question of transient power.

Power is the sum total of the wills of the mass, transfered by express or tactic agreement to rulers chosen by the masses.

Power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand.