Quotes about Power
The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.
— John Wesley
If there is no final place for civil disobedience, then the government has been made autonomous, and as such, it has been put in the place of the living God.
— Francis Schaeffer
To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.
— Thomas Paine
It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government doesn't abuse it.
— Barack Obama
Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism-the last, of liberty.
— Alexander Hamilton
Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.
— Harry S. Truman
The further the departure from direct and constant control by the citizens, the less has the government of the ingredient of republicanism.
— Thomas Jefferson
The ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too powerful and overstepped its authority, then the people would develop plans of resistance and resort to arms.
— James Madison
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
— Benjamin Disraeli
It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.
— Andrew Jackson