Authority Quote by Edward Gibbon

Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.

— Louis XIV

Law is the sovereign of sovereigns

— Louis Xiv

If you want to be sovereign, act sovereign.

— Vine Deloria Jr

[It] would allow citizens to set their own standards for the permissible use of force.

— Sol Wachtler

Always we must bear in mind that law has to be substituted for power, that care must be taken to serve the interests of…

— Fredrik Bajer

It's the duty of any government: where there is disregard of the law, that law and order must be instituted.

— Emmerson Mnangagwa

[I]f we assume a liberty interest but nevertheless say that, even assuming a liberty interest, a state can prohibit it entirely, that would be…

— William Rehnquist

IT may be proper to observe further, that this Duty is not confined to those who live under any one particular Form of Government:…

— Charles Inglis

Its objects are CONTRACTS with foreign nations which have the force of law, but derive it from the obligations of good faith.

— Alexander Hamilton

It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is...If two laws conflict with each other, the…

— John Marshall

A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.

— Ambrose Bierce

For those who have only to obey, law is what the sovereign commands. For the sovereign, in the throes of deciding what he ought…

— William Ernest Hocking