Quotes about Authority
No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism-the last, of liberty.
— Alexander Hamilton
God is in charge, and alone sits as the ultimate government over His creation. All other governments are then to reflect His ultimate rule.
— Tony Evans
The ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too powerful and overstepped its authority, then the people would develop plans of resistance and resort to arms.
— James Madison
The obligation of human beings to support and obey human governments, while they legislate upon the principles of the moral law, is an unalterable as the moral law itself.
— Charles Finney
People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.
— Will Rogers
It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.
— Andrew Jackson
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.
— Edmund Burke
It is a great privilege, as well as our responsibility, to pray for our government leaders.
— Billy Graham
We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government.
— Albert Schweitzer
Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one.
— James Madison