Single Authority Quotes

Heaven cannot support two suns, nor earth two masters, nor Asia two kings

The English constitution is founded on the principle of choosing a single sovereign authority and making it good.

I only serve one God, and I'm only judged by one God.

My responsibility is not to the public. It is to the chairman alone.

The president is the only one we have to make decisions. We have no one else.

Typically, there's this perspective among writers - and black writers: there's this idea that there is one person - and maybe beyond writers - among blacks, there is always one person who everyone should go to learn about all things black.

No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.

Just as one wife does not have two husbands so one land does not have two sovereign nations in possession of it.

Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.

There is only one governor, and his name is Gray Davis.

If the negro be a soul, if the woman be a soul, apparelled in flesh, to one master only are they accountable.

All forms of government symbolize an immortal government, common to all dynasties and independent of numbers, perfect where two men exist, perfect where there is only one man.

Private advantages are often impediments of publick Profit…publick profits should be in a single power to direct, whose Interest is only the benefit of the whole

Instead of a weak and vacillating Government, a single, purposeful, energetic personality is ruling today.

The ideal revolutionary command should effectively direct all planning and implementation. It must not allow the growth of any other rival center of power. There must be one command pooling and directing the subsequent governmental departments, including the armed forces.