To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction. – Sir Alfred Jules Ayer

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well. – Louisa May Alcott

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than to polish. – Anne Dudley Bradstreet