“Acheson "never for one moment believed that the holding of office was a source of power – it was an obligation of service."”

Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

1960, Speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association

The Second Part, Chapter 30: Of the Office of the Sovereign Representative.
Leviathan (1651)
Context: The office of the sovereign, be it a monarch or an assembly, consisteth in the end for which he was trusted with the sovereign power, namely the procuration of the safety of the people, to which he is obliged by the law of nature, and to render an account thereof to God, the Author of that law, and to none but Him. But by safety here is not meant a bare preservation, but also all other contentments of life, which every man by lawful industry, without danger or hurt to the Commonwealth, shall acquire to himself.
And this is intended should be done, not by care applied to individuals, further than their protection from injuries when they shall complain; but by a general providence, contained in public instruction, both of doctrine and example; and in the making and executing of good laws to which individual persons may apply their own cases.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/nigeria-61-eie-11-light-hope-power-and-voice-opinion/ Speaking about Nigeria (October 18 2021 )

credo ut intelligam
[2013, From the Divine to the Human, World Wisdom, 33, 978-1-936597-32-1]
Spiritual life, Faith

Source: Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel (1995), Ch. 50

Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Source: The Passion

Source: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Second Foundation (1953), Chapter 12 “Lord”