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Arbitrary Power Quotes

I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power Picture Quote #1

Arbitrary power is the natural object of temptation to a prince, as wine and women to a young fellow, or a bribe to a judge, or avarice to old age Picture Quote #1

What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement in the decision-making Picture Quote #1

What is called a republic, is not any particular form of government ... it is naturally opposed to the word monarchy, which means arbitrary power Picture Quote #1

The redemptive power of divine grace no longer seemed credible, nor very respectable in the arbitrary performance that was claimed for it Picture Quote #1

It is not the source but the limitation of power which prevents it from being arbitrary Picture Quote #1

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Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to raise their voices at injustice Picture Quote #1

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken Picture Quote #1

One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures Picture Quote #1

My father was a Little League dictator. That really affected me, his control-freakery, his impunity, his arbitrary unreasonable power Picture Quote #1

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity Picture Quote #1

The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice Picture Quote #1

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Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life Picture Quote #1

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness Picture Quote #1

Arbitrary power has seldom... been introduced in any country at once. It must be introduced by slow degrees, and as it were step by step Picture Quote #1

It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it Picture Quote #1

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people Picture Quote #1

There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than is required to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the authorities decree they shall be taught, and expropriate from the parents the funds to pay for the procedure Picture Quote #1

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The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by rulers. The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of the republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally... enable the people to resist and triumph over them Picture Quote #1

The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization Picture Quote #1

The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth Picture Quote #1

There is something on Earth greater than arbitrary power. The thunder, the lightning, and the Earthquake are terrific, but the judgment of the people is more Picture Quote #1

Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used - not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless Picture Quote #1

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I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power (Arbitrary Power Quotes) Arbitrary power is the natural object of temptation to a prince, as wine and women to a young fellow, or a bribe to a judge, or avarice to old age... (Arbitrary Power Quotes) What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement in the decision-making. (Arbitrary Power Quotes) What is called a republic, is not any particular form of government ... it is naturally opposed to the word monarchy, which means arbitrary power. (Arbitrary Power Quotes) The redemptive power of divine grace no longer seemed credible, nor very respectable in the arbitrary performance that was claimed for it. (Arbitrary Power Quotes) It is not the source but the limitation of power which prevents it from being arbitrary (Arbitrary Power Quotes) Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to raise their voices at injustice. (Arbitrary Power Quotes) Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken (Arbitrary Power Quotes) One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures (Arbitrary Power Quotes) My father was a Little League dictator. That really affected me, his control-freakery, his impunity, his arbitrary unreasonable power (Arbitrary Power Quotes) Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity (Arbitrary Power Quotes) The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice (Arbitrary Power Quotes) Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life (Arbitrary Power Quotes) Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness (Arbitrary Power Quotes) Arbitrary power has seldom... been introduced in any country at once. It must be introduced by slow degrees, and as it were step by step (Arbitrary Power Quotes) It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it (Arbitrary Power Quotes) Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people (Arbitrary Power Quotes) There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than is required to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the authorities decree they shall be taught, and expropriate from the parents the funds to pay for the procedure (Arbitrary Power Quotes) The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by rulers. The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of the republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally... enable the people to resist and triumph over them (Arbitrary Power Quotes) The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization (Arbitrary Power Quotes) The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth (Arbitrary Power Quotes) There is something on Earth greater than arbitrary power. The thunder, the lightning, and the Earthquake are terrific, but the judgment of the people is more (Arbitrary Power Quotes) Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used - not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless (Arbitrary Power Quotes)