Li Zhao

“The attaining to this Soveraigne Power, is by two wayes. One, by Naturall force; as when a man maketh his children, to submit themselves, and their children to his government, as being able to destroy them if they refuse, or by Warre subdueth his enemies to his will, giving them their lives on that condition. The other, is when men agree amongst themselves, to submit to some Man, or Assembly of men, voluntarily, on confidence to be protected by him against all others. This later, may be called a Politicall Common-wealth, or Common-wealth by Institution; and the former, a Common-wealth by Acquisition. And first, I shall speak of a Common-wealth by Institution.”
― Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

“potestas is specific, auctoritas is extendable and can grow.”
― Michael Oakeshott, Lectures in the History of Political Thought

“War and the threat of war stimulate speculation upon the conditions of peace.”
― Kenneth N. Waltz, Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis

“Christianity is a religion of salvation, and the fact is that there is nothing in any of the non-Christian religions to compare with this message of a God who loved, and came after, and died for, a world of lost sinners.”
― John R.W. Stott, Basic Christianity