Quotes about Authority
We, the Church, hold the keys. We are His body—His hands, feet, voice—and what He does, He will do through us. We are Plan A, and there is no Plan B.
— Dutch Sheets
I believe our prayers do more than just petition the Father. I've become convinced that in some situations they actually release cumulative amounts of God's power until enough has been released to accomplish His will.
— Dutch Sheets
No dumping allowed. Trespassers will be violated." I used to laugh every time I drove by the sign. This wasn't a homemade sign. It was a professionally made metal sign posted by a city in Oklahoma (I won't tell you which one). It was even the fancy kind with fluorescent letters that could be easily seen at night.
— Dutch Sheets
Fourth, a Hebron lifestyle will give you the ability to walk in great authority.
— Dutch Sheets
God wants to crown us, like David, with the authority to rule in ungodly situations. Intercessors rule from Hebron.
— Dutch Sheets
Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
All the girls feared their Father less than they did their Mother, because she sometimes remembered things and he did not. Lord Brightlingsea was swept through life on a steady amnesiac flow.
— Edith Wharton
His daughter, as part of himself, came within the normal range of his solicitude; but she was an outlying region, a subject province; and Mr. Orme's was a highly centralized polity.
— Edith Wharton
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
— Edmund Burke
A representative owes not just his industry but his judgement
— Edmund Burke
When you drive him hard, the boar will surely turn upon the hunters. If that sovereignty and their freedom cannot be reconciled, which will they take? They will cast your sovereignty in your face. No-body will be argued into slavery.
— Edmund Burke
Religion, by 'consecrating' the state, gives the people an added impetus to respect and regard their regime.
— Edmund Burke