Quotes about Authority

Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist which is administered either by the bishop or by one to whom he has entrusted it.

Inerrancy is our guarantee that the words and deeds of God found in the Bible are unified and true, declaring with one voice the wonders of his saving love.

Opus Dei's authority extends only to the personal spiritual formation of its members.

You have rights antecedent to all earthly governments; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; right derived from the Great Legislator of the Universe

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.

I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.

How can a good God appoint cruel people to positions of authority? The answer is simple: God is the originator of the authority, but He is not the author of the cruelty. Man is responsible for his cruel actions, not God. All authority is of God, but not all authority is godly.

True worship is revealed by who we obey, not who we sing to.

The supreme and only Judge of the universe stands before the tribunal of an earthly judge.

Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?