...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point where he can simply say, 'The sky is blue,' and people indignantly rush up trying to refute him saying, 'No, the sky is light blue,' then, whether they realize it or not, he has become an authority figure even to such adversaries.

We can only change life in the country and radically reform society by having God's wisdom, strength and authority

Authority is established by God for the wellbeing of His people

The lawmakers possess the authority that commands the obedience of the people.

I often ask myself, 'Who would Jesus vote for?' Then I start to think that he wouldn't vote at all; however, it would not be out of apathy or disinterest, but out of perfection and light. As a miracle worker, I think he would, by the power of God's teachings, the perseverance and the truth, influence in a modern sense whoever is put into office how to best serve his fellow men. One, like his skeptics, may find that impractical. But there is a message in that no man in power can slow the momentum of the will of God, and the miracles of his teachings will be forever victorious.

Usually without realizing it, our ultimate peace starts and ends in the authority of God alone, which means the solution to living in joy, peace, and harmony with our fellow men has been here for all since the beginning of mankind and throughout civilization. I have yet to feel the urge to argue politics: it reminds me of getting off the freeway to sit in raging traffic.

Depression arises when one uses his power and authority. Whatever authority there is, it is there for giving happiness to others. Authority is to give happiness to others, even to those who are guilty of doing wrong.

To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told...and have a sense of humor doing it.

The vanities of life:pleasure, possession, position and power.

...I (Paul) appeal unto Caesar.

Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured.

Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.

Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted when it is well employed.

New faces Have more authority than accustomed ones.

Authority is never without hate.

If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.

Authority, as he knows it, is always dangerous, selfish, inexplicable. It looks after its own mysterious affairs in a dark privacy. It never explains.

No one can estimate the power of authority among poor and uneducated people in a world whose problems confuse even the wisest.

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort which it brings.