Doctrine Quote by Han Fei

There are people in positions of power that are righteous about what they believe: they're enacting out evil principles, but they don't believe that…

— Cody Fern

Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired…

— Jonathan Mayhew

The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have…

— John Stott

Some people have the power but not the willingness to help. Others have the willingness but not the power. God has both.

— Lee Roberson

That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers…

— Baron de Montesquieu

No morality can be founded on authority, even if the authority were divine.

— A.J. Ayer

Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce…

— Barry Goldwater

It is true that some have greater power of resistance than others, but everyone has the power to close his heart against doubt, against…

— George Q. Cannon

The problem with religious doctrine, as with politics, because of its ability to give people authority, it has a tendency to attract people that…

— Tobias Forge

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and…

— Simone Weil

“Too many of us focus on the outward structure of character and conduct without taking the time to build the inward foundation of devotion…

— Jerry Bridges

On the other hand, the cultivation of the religious sentiment represses licentiousnessinspires respect for law and order, and gives strength to the whole social…

— Daniel Webster