Jay Sekulow Quotes

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.

The Church emphasis responsibility more than rights.

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.

We wrestle with the political issues of who has stewardship over life.

The greater the power, the greater the responsibility in its exercise.

Power always brings with it responsibility.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them.

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

Oh, justice is what you're threatened with.

You may have the might, but that does not necessarily make you right.

Wealth and power don't go together. Power cannot be brokered. To me, power is responsibility.

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

I believe in a higher power and I believe in good and bad, right and wrong. You sleep in the bed you make.

I think that if there are positions that you can't argue... then the responsibility is probably to resign. If one's own conscience is opposed to the requirements and responsibilities of the job, then it's time to leave the job.