Authority Quote by Margaret Thatcher

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

— Anonymous

Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.

— Lord Acton

Good government has to mean less government.

— Anonymous

Hence, the less government we have, the better,--the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formalGovernment, is, the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I believe that government should confine itself to the public realm and that it should be as stripped down as possible, within reason. It…

— Camille Paglia

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal…

— Ronald Reagan

Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.

— Edward Abbey

Ultimately, power only really listens to power, and if government is to be improved, we must be able to threaten its existence, not merely…

— Vaclav Havel

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do…

— Harry Browne

The more power government has to provide things, the more power it has to dictate terms.

— Sheldon Richman

You give bureaucrats power over others, and when the others are poor and helpless, nothing matches government. More than any single exploitive tyrannical force,…

— Millicent Fenwick

Instead of doing more badly, government should focus on doing less well.

— Joel Miller