Quotes about Authority
A wise servant is better than a foolish ruler.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
One who has great wisdom has great power.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
— Samuel Johnson
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bears His name. He stands at its head and directs it through His chosen prophets.
— Joseph Wirthlin
A government is the most dangerous threat to man
— Ayn Rand
Men treat God's sovereignty as a theme for controversy, but in Scripture it is matter for worship.
— JI Packer
A man with an experience of God is never at the mercy of a man with an argument.
— Leonard Ravenhill
We must win rulers; political, economic, scientific, artistic personalities. They are the engineers of souls. They mold the souls of men. Winning them, you win the people they lead and influence.
— Richard Wurmbrand
Everywhere the flower of obedience is intelligence. Obey a man with cordial loyalty and you will understand him.
— Phillips Brooks
No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority.
— Thomas Jefferson
Men do not make laws. They do but discover them.
— Calvin Coolidge
Our Lord holds the keys to the doors of Christian service. You don't have to chase 'key men' around if you know the Keeper of the keys!
— Vance Havner