Quotes about Authority
I believe very confidently in the truth of Scripture, where it says that there is no authority, no power given to man except as given by God.
- Steven Curtis Chapman
The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. The prize of the general is not a bigger tent, but command.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.
- Alexander Hamilton
The difference between punishment and discipline is a powerful child.
- Danny Silk
What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.
- CS Lewis
Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
- Pierre Corneille
When we lack integrity, we use power to control. When we lead with integrity, we use power to bless.
- Erwin McManus
We want very good leaders who have a lot of power.
- Charlie Munger
I'm the man of the hour, the man with the power, too sweet to be sour.
- Billy Graham
Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man.
- Edmund Burke
Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout?
- Frank Herbert
Unless the power of the corporation can be organized on an accepted principle of legitimacy, it will be taken over by a Central government
- Peter Drucker