Basic principles Quote by Noam Chomsky

Power, in whatever hands, is rarely guilty of too strict limitations on itself.

— Edmund Burke

Executive privilege is nowhere to be found in the Constitution, and thus is a very limited principle.

— Joe Sestak

Power lacks moral or principles. It only has interests.

— Anonymous

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

— Abigail Adams

Self-imposed limits on sovereign power can disarm mistrust, but provide no guarantee of liberty and property beyond those afforded by the balance between state…

— Anthony de Jasay

I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law

— Barack Obama

An occupying power has no right to make significant alterations in the character of the occupied society, to change the laws all around, without…

— Juan Cole

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

— Anonymous

What is crucial is for any and all countries to be under the rule of law, not the rule by force, which we absolutely…

— Fumio Kishida

Where there is no power, there is never any desire to do that thing; and where there is strong desire to do a thing,…

— Wallace D. Wattles

There is no rule without revolts and conspiracies, even as there is no property without work and worry.

— Ivo Andric

Absolute power can only be supported by error, ignorance and prejudice.

— Anonymous