Quotes about Authority

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size

Man is not free unless government is limited.

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

People don't start wars, governments do.

I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.

You are the only person who thinks in your mind! You are the power and authority in your world.

Only obedience,' he said aloud to the room, as though to convince himself, 'is perfect freedom.

Religious enthusiasm among students is now an embarrassment; belief in the authority of the Bible and the deity of Jesus Christ is treated as naivety to be enlightened rather than life to be nourished. Scholars in the arts, letters, and sciences who show signs of Christian devotion are likely to be shrugged off as simplistic and eccentric.

There is in every village a torch - the teacher; and an extinguisher - the priest.

No one can teach your child like you can. No nanny, Bible school teacher, aunt, or uncle has your authority. What a phenomenal privilege is yours.

He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master.