Quotes about Authority
God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.
— Henry David Thoreau
God is the one great employer, thinker, planner, supervisor.
— Henry Ward Beecher
But Captain Vere was now again motionless, standing absorbed in thought. Again starting, he vehemently exclaimed, "Struck dead by an angel of God! Yet that angel must hang!
— Herman Melville
Evil Rulers Are Never Beyond The Bounds of God's Sovereign Will
— Jerry Bridges
Seeing God hath thus set us at liberty, what rashness it is for worms of the earth to make new laws; as though God had not been wise enough.
— John Calvin
God is not obligated to anoint what He does not initiate.
— Joyce Meyer
Inerrancy means the word of God always stands over us and we never stand over the word of God.
— Kevin DeYoung
I have no such powers. If I did I would be more merciful than God, believe me.
— Mario Puzo
And if I were a naughty little boy, the idea is to spank me into good behavior?
— Marquis de Sade
Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.
— Simon Sinek
It is impossible to give a soldier a good education without making him a deserter. His natural foe is the government that drills him.
— Henry David Thoreau
It may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more constant to the public good than if pronounced by the people themselves.
— James Madison