Quotes about Authority
The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction.
— Thomas Jefferson
Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.
— Aesop
The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom...
— Ronald Reagan
In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.
— Edmund Burke
Government holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force.
— Ayn Rand
I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today — my own government.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The greatest of all evils is a weak government
— Benjamin Disraeli
The parties are the gamesters; but government keeps the table, and is sure to be the winner in the end.
— Edmund Burke
Aristocracy is that form of government in which education and discipline are qualifications for suffrage and office holding.
— Aristotle
The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Influence is not government.
— George Washington
When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to make concerning taxes.
— Tony Campolo