Quotes About Authority

It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom.

A question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever.

Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.

Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.

The power to declare war, including the power of judging the causes of war, is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature.

Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order.

All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.

The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party of bandits

War is the health of the state.

Washington...has become an alien city-state that rules America, and much of the rest of the world, in the way that Rome ruled the Roman Empire.

Slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulations.

The Executive should be able to repel and not to commence war.

The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error.

Peace is absurd: Fascism does not believe in it.

Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

The defence of human liberty against the aggressions of despotic power have been always the most efficient in States where domestic slavery was to prevail.

The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.

War is the mass murder of workers. When workers refuse to obey the calls of their governments, there will be no more war.

I did not come here for the purpose of surrendering my command.

Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.