Empires Quote by Solon

All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; [...] magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.

— George Mason

“Primary Duty of Lesser Magistrates is Threefold: First, they are to oppose and resist any laws or edicts from the higher authority that contravene…

— Matthew J. Trewhella

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is of infinite importance to the public that the acts of magistrates should not only be substantially good, but also that they should…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Integrity is the key to understanding legal practice. Law's empire is defined by attitude, not territory or power or process.

— Anonymous

As good government is an empire of laws, how shall your laws be made? In a large society, inhabiting an extensive country, it is…

— John Adams

In a government framed for durable liberty, not less regard must be paid to giving the magistrate a proper degree of authority, to make…

— Alexander Hamilton

You must not deprive the colonies of their right to make laws for themselves. Parliament should only make laws necessary for the empire as…

— Thomas Hutchinson

“Almost all empires were created by force, but none can be sustained by it. Universal rule, to last, needs to translate force into obligation.…

— Henry Kissinger

“The Empire is all those who live within its borders, from the nobles to the lowest servant, even the slaves who work the fields.…

— Raymond E. Feist

An extensive empire must be supported by a refined system of policy and oppression; in the centre, an absolute power, prompt in action and…

— Edward Gibbon