Quotes About Authority

I was everything, patriarch, priest, father and judge.

The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.

Television has become the government, priest, psychotherapist - the legitimiser of our egos.

Honoring the priesthood fosters respect, respect promotes reverence, and reverence invites revelation.

He chose to honor us with His priesthood. So we honor Him by honoring His priesthood - both its power and those who bear it.

The power of the living God is here on the earth. The Priesthood is here.

Jesus Christ never preached there should be celibate priests. The only reason the church has this is because it's a mechanism of power and control. You can control priests who are celibate.

Women priests. Great, great. Now there's priests of both sexes I don't listen to.

We will that all men know we blame not all the lords, nor all those that are about the king's person, nor all gentlemen nor yeomen, nor all men of law, nor all bishops, nor all priests, but all such as may be found guilty by just and true inquiry and by the law.

The Priestly Code preponderates over the rest of the legislation in force, as well as in bulk; in all matters of primary importance it is the normal and final authority.

Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence.

The primary role of government is to provide for the safety and security of their populations.

The feelings of the individual are the prime authority in ethics. 'If it feels good, do it' is the basic ethical ideal of humanism.

The prime minister's office is not something that one enjoys.

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

People said I was king, but I was never king, and I say I'm the prime minister.

Asking for a royally appointed prime minister is undemocratic. It is, pardon me, a mess. It is irrational.

In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.

We have parliamentary democracy. It is the prime minister who runs the show, who is the chief executive of the country. The president must have powers defined under the 1973 constitution, nothing more.

The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or so people who run this world analyze one another that way and then make decisions of life and death for us. Scary, but true.

When you're asked/told to come to Canberra by your Prime Minister, in the country I grow up in, you obey that.

I will do exactly as the Prime Minister asks me.

In my position as prime minister, I bear the highest responsibility for decisions.

I serve at the discretion of the prime minister.