Arms Quote by James Madison

All authority belongs to the people.

— Thomas Jefferson

We ought not to forget that the government, through all its departments, judicial as well as others, is administered by delegated and responsible agents;…

— John C. Calhoun

All authority comes from the people.

— Michael Davies

Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few,…

— James Mill

“The possibility of a question of this nature, proves the necessity of laying the foundations of our National Government deeper than in the mere…

— Alexander Hamilton

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

If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature…

— Alexander Hamilton

All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: it's one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him… One…

— H. L. Mencken

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

— Rick Wilson

“Authority in the world is being increasingly undermined until at the end all authorities will be overthrown and lawlessness shall rule.”

— Watchman Nee

Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in those modernizing countries where government…

— Ferdinand Marcos

“fight authority with authority,”

— Banana Yoshimoto