Quotes About Authority

Authority ... cannot be a darksome power that compels us to subject ourselves without reason.

The authority of God is unlike what is usually meant by "external authority" ... The authority of God brings perspective, joy and hope.

the authority of God's Word is not an arbitrary, external authority ... (But) a wooing and conquering authority ... Scripture's authority does not demand blind obedience ... rather a subjection that spells redemption ... a subjection to Christ whereby he is never out of view ... in which acceptance occurs with joy and willingness.

The authority of Scripture is never established by means of a rationalistic apologetic. It is established through the testimony of the Holy Spirit. The doctrine of Biblical authority as not a conservative testimony in fear of facts, but … a conviction of faith.

The confession of the authority of the Word of God can never be isolated from the saving content of the Word of God

We must not get caught up in an emotional reaction against such phrases as 'believing on authority' ... Everything depends on the character of the authority and the character of believing.

The first law of business: Make the rules or your rivals will

the result will be the expansion of government.

usually this starts out as an inefficient dictatorship, but by the time they get the U.N. money, it ends up as an efficient dictatorship

All government is an ugly necessity.

The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all.

Faith is decisively determined by the object of faith, namely, God and His Word. This does not ... imply that Scripture ... derives its authority from the believer's faith: this idea is already rendered untenable by the very nature of faith, which rests on and trusts in the Word of God.

The authority of God's Word is not an arbitrary, external authority. It is a wooing and conquering authority. Scripture's authority does not demand blind obedience, rather a subjection that spells redemption, a subjection to Christ whereby he is never out of view in which acceptance occurs with joy and willingness.

The well-being of a man is that everyone be his slave.

For some, religion is a law, a guidance, a direction; for others - a policeman.

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

Men are sheep. Which is why armies and wars are possible. They die victims of their stupid docility.

It was true that the elders found everything changing all about them with a precipitation which was leaving them stripped of authority. The girls (kids they remembered no bigger than that) suddenly flowered and married. The lads returned from their military service with blasé airs and a new vocabulary. A horde of new brats was born, making their disprespectful uproar in Clochemerle.

The Church needs a firm hierarchy and is forced to distrust such of her underlings as show a tendency to become too holy.

The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.

Funny, how moms can tell you what to do no matter how old or big you are.

You can either be a bystander who lives his life in reaction to the decisions that others make, or you can be the leader who is making those decisions.

The thing about Shakespeare is you can only read his books if someone is making you.

Never use someone else's engine, if you can help it," Dov warned. "You cede too much power to them.