Quotes about Authority

God Himself is not secure, having given man dominion over His works.

The authority of those who profess to teach is often a positive hindrance to those who desire to learn.

Within the first few months I discovered that being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed.

The buck stops here.

A leader is a person who has learned to obey a discipline imposed from without, and has then taken on a more rigorous discipline from within. Those who rebel against authority and scorn self-discipline -- who shirk the rigors and turn from the sacrifices -- do not qualify to lead.

The American police are involved in psychological warfare against those Americans who don't frighten them with imposing papers and threats. It's a Victorian police force; it peers out of musty windows and wants to inquire about everything, and can make crimes if the crimes don't exist to its satisfaction.

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.

The first thing the secretary types is the boss.

Let me just share with you something. Jesus makes this quite clear: there's never been a real teacher except One, and it's Christ. There's never been a real prophet: they're all types of One greater than themselves - Christ.

More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

The Bible is the ultimate authority and infallible, not the pastor and not the elders. And it doesn't mean that you believe everything he says without examining it.