Quotes about Authority

The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke and Bacon were only young men in libraries when they wrote these books.

God said, I am tired of kings,I suffer them no more;Up to my ear the morning bringsThe outrage of the poor.

The reason why men do not obey us is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

People would question anything having to do with God, but they wouldn't question their own questions. They would challenge the authority of a theologian, but they wouldn't challenge the authority of their buddy who claimed he had read a book that disproved the Bible.

People want to follow someone with convictions, not questions. Smooth eloquence can never take the place of unwavering belief.

What motivates us more: the fear of man or the fear of God? If we fear man more than we fear God, then we don't see God in truth. We see the Lord as less than a man—and this is proven by whose will we obey. A. W. Tozer said, "An idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand.

Celebrity gets you access to world leaders.

The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.

I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws.