Quotes about Authority

As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you.

A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail. Without it nothing can succeed. He who molds opinion is greater than he who enacts laws.

I don't like following the rules - the patriarchal rules.

As bad as the Obama administration is at trying to legislate without legislators, all too often, Congress is responsible for handing them the 'pen and phone.'

This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.

Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army.

Unlimited trust should only be placed in the real Word of the Revelation that we encounter in the faith transmitted by the Church.

I think we must reflect more on what democracy in the exercise of authority would mean. Is truth determined by a majority vote, only for a new 'truth' to be 'discovered' by a new majority tomorrow?

The empire of custom is most mighty.

Headship modeled on the headship of Christ demands a profound life of devotion and intercessory prayer.

Men, as fathers you have such power! You will have this terrible power till you die, like it or not — in your attitude toward authority, in your attitude toward women, in your regard for God and the Church. What terrifying responsibilities! This is truly the power of life and death.