Quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“One must require of each what each is able to give. Authority rests first of all upon reason.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“One must require from each one the duty with each one can perform," said the king. "Accepted authority rests first of all on reason.…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Authority is first and foremost based on reason.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Only those who are subject to authority can be authority.”

— Watchman Nee

“WHEN WE SEEK TO RULE ONLY OURSELVES, WE ARE EACH OF US KINGS.”

— Nicholas Eames

As the king governs by his executive, so Reason in man must rule the mere appetites by means of the 'spirited element.'

— C. S. Lewis

“Kingship was the supreme form of government, and was believed to be in the natural order of things. It did not need physical strength…

— Julius Evola

“The power of a king was not absolute, after all: it could be restrained by the will of the people.”

— Ken Follett

Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life.…

— King Felipe VI

“Therefore he who would administer the kingdom, honouring it as he honours his own person, may be employed to govern it, and he who…

— Lao Tzu

Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Let the son of a king be a king, I will rule them in their kingdom”

— Dr.P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar