Quotes About Authority

We shall have lost something vital and beyond price on the day when the state denies us the right to resort to force.

Senator: Person who makes laws in Washington when not doing time.

For some reason, and for a time such as this, God has given me favor with kings and princes.

Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.

I want to talk to these people because they stay in power and you change all the time.

During my time we had two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at different times of course, on the bridge, both of whom asked my permission to sit on the captain's chair.

They tried to make me go to Catholic school, too. I lasted a very short time. When the penguin came after me with a ruler, I was out of there.

The Constitution is what the judges say it is, every time.

When was the last time you had a thought that wasn't put there by THEM?

A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect.

William Packard surely must be one of the great editors of our time.

First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down, and that foot is me.

What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners.

The constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruption's of time and party, its members would become despots.

For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.

But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.

The tyranny of the ignoramuses is insurmountable and assured for all time.

To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the habits, ideas and passions of the time must lend themselves to their committal.

There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection.

History makes the point time and time again No greater mischief can be created than to merge the power of religion with the power of government.

Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

Eventually, everyone said, Why don't you direct? It would save time. And that's how it started.

It's time for me to step up and take control. That's what I've always been used to.