Supreme Authority

Famous quotes containing the words supreme and/or authority:

    “If happiness, then, is activity expressing virtue, it is reasonable for it to express the supreme virtue, which will be the virtue of the best thing.”
    —Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)

    “Authority and power are two different things: power is the force by means of which you can oblige others to obey you. Authority is the right to direct and command, to be listened to or obeyed by others. Authority requests power. Power without authority is tyranny.”
    —Jacques Maritain (1882–1973)