My world. My rules. I would command everyone to do so many things! Be kind. Oh, I would command everyone to stop buying tabloids!

I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.

In the West, especially, we don't often consciously feel the actions of government impacting our lives from day to day.

There is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God…. For [the ruler] is God's servant to do you good" (Romans 13:1,4).

It is a problem, not clear in my mind, that [a society without government, as among our Indians] is not the best. But I believe it to be inconsistent with any great degree of population.

Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.

Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

Authority is God ordained, but authoritarianism and raw power, in almost all forms, is dangerous.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

I think our democracy has it exactly right: two terms, eight years. It's enough. Because it's important to have one foot in reality when you have access to this kind of power.

Religion and law among our masses must be one and the same," his father said. "An act of disobedience must be a sin and require religious penalties. This will have the dual benefit of bringing both greater obedience and greater bravery.

In democracies, we aren't always governed by the people or the parties that we voted for. But when officials are elected, we must respect their authority, as long as they're exercising that authority within the bounds of whatever regulatory frameworks are in place to guide them.