Certain Quote by Aristotle

All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; [...] magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.

— George Mason

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Primary Duty of Lesser Magistrates is Threefold: First, they are to oppose and resist any laws or edicts from the higher authority that contravene…

— Matthew J. Trewhella

It depends on the consent of the people to decide whether kings or consuls or other magistrates are to be established in authority over…

— Robert Bellarmine

These, then, are the four kinds of royalty. First the monarchy of the heroic ages; this was exercised over voluntary subjects, but limited to…

— Aristotle

It is the lawyers who run our civilization for us -- our governments, our business, our private lives. Most legislators are lawyers; they make…

— Fred Rodell

In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and…

— Baron de Montesquieu

Rulers are no more than attorneys, agents, and trustees, for the people; and if the cause, the interest and trust, is insidiously betrayed, or…

— John Adams

Those are governed best who are governed least.

— Thomas Jefferson

MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.

— Ambrose Bierce

All civil rulers, as such, are the ordinance and ministers of God; and they are all, by the nature of their office, and in…

— Jonathan Mayhew

“The governing authorities are understood to be ordained by God. We are not permitted to obey only those authorities that we consider to be…

— R.C. Sproul