Quotes about Authority
He who fears the face of God does not fear the face of man. He who fears the face of man does not fear the face of God.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
In a stupid nation the man of genius becomes a god : everybody worships him and nobody does his will.
— George Bernard Shaw
When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind.
— George Bernard Shaw
There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves.
— George Washington
No man has ever yet been hanged for breaking the spirit of a law.
— Grover Cleveland
God is the Author and the Creator.
— Terry James
If a man supervises but fails to nurture, it's possible that he's either a tyrant or an absentee landlord. Neither is fitting for a father, much less an elder.
— Thabiti M. Anyabwile
Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
— Theodore Roosevelt
I can do one of two things. I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice Roosevelt. (His 19-year-old daughter.) I cannot possibly do both.
— Theodore Roosevelt
While President, I have been President, emphatically; I have used every ounce of power there was in the office.…I do not believe that any President ever had as thoroughly good a time as I have had, or has ever enjoyed himself as much.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No man ruleth safely but he that is willingly ruled.
— Thomas a Kempis