Quotes About Authority

Wars are the hobbies of half-informed children who have somehow come into possession of the levers of power.

Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.

Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.

Ethical obligation has to subordinate itself to the totalitarian nature of war.

When settling disputes between his subjects, he should ensure that his judgement is irrevocable; and he should be so regarded that no one ever dreams of trying to deceive or trick him.

The leader must be an actor.

The more a leader is in the habit of demanding from his men, the surer he will be that his demands will be answered.

Military men are the scourges of the world.

War is the trade of kings.

The princes who have done great things are the ones who have taken little account of their promises.

A king can stand people's fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking.

From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the Party: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

Do you know, my son, with what little understanding the world is ruled?

...the consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival.

Major Major never sees anyone in his office while he's in his office.

I sat on cushioned otter-skin: My word was law from Ith to Emain, And shook at Invar Amargin The hearts of the world-troubling seamen, And drove tumult and war away.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stated, even a state of war is not a blank check for a president to do whatever he wants.

Bestow rewards without regard to rule, issue orders without regard to previous arrangements; and you will be able to handle a whole army as though you had to do with but a single man.

Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.

It's very common for the victims to understand a system better than the people who are holding the stick.

Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.

Generals cannot be trusted with anything, not even with war.

Juan 5:30. No puedo Yo por Mí mismo hacer nada: como oigo, juzgo: y Mi juicio es justo, porque no busco Mi Voluntad, sino la voluntad del PADRE que Me envió.