Quotes related to Hebrews 13:17
In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
— James Madison
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
— James Madison
Well, it is the law, my lord,' replied Mr Blundell, 'and it's not my place to argue about it.
— Dorothy Sayers
I decided that I was going to leave State House, and I was going also to step up and step aside so that I give President Peter Mutharika an opportunity to run the country without my interference.
— Joyce Banda
Obedience alone gives the right to command.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The reason why men do not obey us is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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.
— John Adams
No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.
— Thomas a Kempis
No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.
— Thomas a Kempis
The insignia meant a lot to the men who were fighting ... I had to do it ... I owed it to them.
— Walt Disney
The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
If men were angels, there would be no need of government.
— James Madison