Authority Quote by James Burgh Download Open image “All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people.” — James Burgh ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authority Executives Government Inspirational People
The sovereign power of all civil authority is founded in the consent of the people. — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority. — Mahmoud Abbas Copy Share Image
“The lawmakers possess the authority that commands the obedience of the people.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted. — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
The source of the government's authority is “the consent of the governed.” This means that the government is not the ruler, but the servant… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
By nature, every individual has the right to govern himself; and governments, whether founded on majorities or minorities, must derive their right from the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If a favour is asked of you, grant it if you can. If not, refuse it in such a manner as that one denial… — James Burgh Copy Share Image
....there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army,… — James Burgh Copy Share Image
“let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the… — James Burgh Copy Share Image
If you would not have affliction visit you twice, listen at once to what it teaches. — James Burgh Copy Share Image
“The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave.” — James Burgh Copy Share Image
No Kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. — James Burgh Copy Share Image
No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave.… — James Burgh Copy Share Image
If you have a friend that will reprove your faults and foibles, consider you enjoy a blessing which the king upon the throne cannot… — James Burgh Copy Share Image
In disputes upon moral or scientific points, ever let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never… — James Burgh Copy Share Image
I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better? — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor. — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
“I'm of the age and immaturity level that I cannot give you my respect solely because you are older or ranked higher on an… — Erica Goros Copy Share Image
In the end theologians are jealous of science, for they are aware that it has greater authority than do their own ways of finding… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
