Unlawful Authority Quotes

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.

Tyranny, Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem None rebels except subjects? The prince who Neglects or violates his trust is more A brigand than the robber-chief.

An emperor will be born near Italy who will do his country much harm … He will rise from a soldier to the throne.

Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.

In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.

The right to defy an unconstitutional statute is basic ….

The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it.

Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core.

Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself.

Tyranny Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights, However his own commence, can never be But an usurper.

Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.

International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don't have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.