Quotes About Authority

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

The government, under my leadership, will act to implement the rule of law and to maintain the independence of the judicial system, which is one of the pillars of maintaining a democratic system.

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

Many leaders don't listen, and it is one of the greatest methods we have of learning. You need to listen to those under your supervision and to those who are above you.

As you get bigger, you have to learn to delegate.

The bottom line is, if you're not the one controlling your learning, you're not going to learn as well.

Learn to obey before you command.

Whatever authority I may have rests solely on knowing how little I know.

Question authority; but, raise your hand first.

I had decided I wanted to write about food, and I knew the only way to do that is to speak with authority, which meant learning the language and knowing what that experience is like.

Fashion, though Folly's child, and guide of fools, Rules e'en the wisest, and in learning rules.

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

Principle I: Legal rights are presumptive rights.

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

It is unreasonable to expect a known corrupt law enforcement department to uphold your legal rights.

Police not enforcing laws results in a high crime rate that is formally reported as a low crime rate in police statistics.

There are those who are legitimately corrupt, who cannot admit that legitimacy allows them to corrupt legitimacy, and to legitimately corrupt others.

As a lawyer and a former prosecutor, I know the limits of the power and authority of the president. I know what is legal and what is not.

There are things you don't do in life. You don't tug on superman's cape.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.

All Christian life is to be measured by Scripture; by every word thereof.