Quotes About Authority

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

The legitimacy of coercive acts in a democracy arises from the process by which they are justified and by the degree to which we regard decisions as rational. If the justifications proceed properly, through recognized public institutions, and if they make sense to us, they are legitimate.

Why is it that the king can do no wrong? This shows they do not regard the king as being a human. But the king can do wrong.

My job as attorney general has been, in regard to guns, to have oversight in regard to concealed-carry licenses.

At any given time, when there is a Republican president, typically we regard that person as the leader of the Republican Party.

Of course, I'd love to be regarded as a voice of authority.

A fatwa is a religious edict. Such edicts bind only those who seek to follow the Imam issuing them but can be regarded as an option for others seeking an alternative view.

I don't necessarily think, as a person of influence, that it's always my job to influence people regarding my opinion.

To be a leader, regardless of what party you're in, is to tell your followers what lines not to cross.

A crime is a crime, regardless of what collar you wear.

I have no hesitation in applying a law regardless of what I might think about it.

The bedrock principle of separation of powers ought to be upheld regardless of the (D) or (R) that rests behind a given president's name.

People won't want powers being handed back from bureaucrats in Brussels to be given to bureaucrats in Britain. Our aim should be to give the British people greater control of their lives in all regards.

Baseball regards us as sheep.

If your regime is not strong enough to handle a joke, then you don't have a regime.

A 97-percent win is the kind of result you get in a one-party regime.

The North Korean regime really can control people. I think they are the best dictator in the whole planet.

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.

Nothing protects women from the patriarchy of military regimes.

I have taken my flight in the region of eagles; when I alight, it must be on a rock, and that rock must be a constitutional government, of which I shall be the head so long as I shall be among men.

India is a regional power. It does not need anything to establish it.

That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer.

I really wanted to be a captain of industry. I worked at Unilever as brand manager for Lynx after university. While I don't regret leaving, I wish I still had a bit of power.

Israel's highest aspiration may be to be a light among the nations, but it is also a normal nation, where regular people want to go about their business without a religious authority having a say.