Ancient Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected: if not, they will be despised; and with regard to those…

— Thomas Paine

“The oldest rule in the book is that you can delegate authority, but never responsibility—not even to higher authority.”

— Taylor Anderson

You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.

— Byron Dorgan

The nature of constitutional delegations of power is that they entitle the empowered official to do certain things that other people can't do.

— Benjamin Wittes

The institution of delegated power implies that there is a portion of virtue and honor among mankind which may be a reasonable foundation of…

— Alexander Hamilton

You can delegate authority, but not responsibility.

— Stephen W Comiskey

If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.

— Thomas Paine

That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious…

— George Mason

One of the things that I want to make sure everybody understands is that when you delegate the authority, you have to set the…

— Ron Rivera

[E]very act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore,…

— Alexander Hamilton

There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it…

— Alexander Hamilton

“Delegation is not a binary thing. There are shades of grey between a dictatorship and an anarchy.”

— Jurgen Appelo