Quotes about Authority
Those are governed best who are governed least.
— Thomas Jefferson
The Bible says that governments can do things that I'm not supposed to do as an individual. God has not put the law in my hands. He's put the law in the government's hands.
— Rick Warren
The Bible says that God puts government on earth to punish evildoers. Not good-doers. Evildoers.
— Rick Warren
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
— Abraham Lincoln
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
— Calvin Coolidge
As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it.
— John Adams
I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
— Samuel Johnson
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
— Thomas Jefferson
Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions.
— Isabel Allende
Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be on the Lordship of Christ. When we get right on that point we are right all down the line. God honors the exaltation of His Son.
— Vance Havner
The highest honor in the church is not government but service.
— John Calvin