Quotes about Authority
The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the Government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson...
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the truth shall always set you free.
- Glenn Beck
His words are the essence of truth...Jesus never uttered opinions. He never guessed; He knew, and He knows.
- AW Tozer
The truth of the matter is that inerrancy is simply a way of saying that there are no errors that call into question the truthfulness of Scripture wherever Scripture is making truth claims.
- DA Carson
It should be remembered, as an axiom of eternal truth in politics, that whatever power in any government is independent, is absolute also.
- Thomas Jefferson
Sadly, the truth is, there aren't many people who can be put in high positions who won't start thinking highly of themselves.
- Joyce Meyer
The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God.
- Joyce Meyer
It is the simple truth to say that the New Testament books became canonical because no one could stop them doing so.
- William Barclay
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
- James Madison
It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
- Mae West
The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.
- Nikki Giovanni
[Jesus] invoked a different kind of power: love, not coercion.
- Philip Yancey