Authority Quotes

"New faces have more authority than accustomed ones" "I think the government must govern as the citizens allow it to govern." "Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak" "The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane " "Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent" "Fundamentalism isn't about religion, it's about power." "I think I’m a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it’s authority that I respect." "Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking" "Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will" "Any excuse will serve a tyrant" "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground" "All professions are conspiracies against the laity." "The government will neither believe itself to possess the power, nor permit it to be usurped by others" "The ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone" "War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to sustain its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. "