Quotes about Authority
No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability.
- James Madison
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
- Thomas Jefferson
Individual liberty depends upon keeping government under control.
- Ronald Reagan
And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.
- Edmund Burke
To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed.
- Samuel Johnson
If there is no final place for civil disobedience, then the government has been made autonomous, and as such, it has been put in the place of the living God.
- Francis Schaeffer
It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government doesn't abuse it.
- Barack Obama
Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
- Aung San Suu Kyi
No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism-the last, of liberty.
- Alexander Hamilton
God is in charge, and alone sits as the ultimate government over His creation. All other governments are then to reflect His ultimate rule.
- Tony Evans