Action Quote by Harold Russell

The beauty of our democracy is that the final authority is not the president of the United States, but instead the American public through…

— Lee Zeldin

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

— Anonymous

Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that…

— Samuel Adams

All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from…

— Thomas Jefferson

That's what separates out American democracy from dictators and horrible governments across the world and the reason why that works is that we have…

— Charles R. Chamberlain

When authority is total, so too is the madness of the man who declares it, and the potential for abuse of power.

— Rick Wilson

Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy,…

— Olusegun Obasanjo

Few things are more damaging to our democracy than a military officer who doesn't have the moral courage to stand up for what's right…

— Michael Mullen

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude, that army can never be formidable to the…

— Alexander Hamilton

No power but Congress can declare war; but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may…

— Daniel Webster

“The power to enforce the law, which carries with it the equally salient power not to enforce the law, is a president’s most imposing…

— Andrew McCarthy

A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for…

— Noah Webster