Quotes About Authority

The all-seeing government can be very nearsighted when it comes to scrutinizing the actions of its own appendages.

Permission is the bloated corpse of freedom.

As far as authority is concerned, calm people quietly dying is a lot easier to deal with than angry people fighting for their lives.

The sanctity of the law . . . and the wisdom to know when it must be broken.

Luck is for losers. You have history on your side. You have gravity. You have authority. You are the Granddame of Death.

Lev bends down and takes the tranq gun away from the cop Connor has just rendered unconscious. I came to save you. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!

When your parents turn you in to the Juvenile Authority - and they will - I will not shed a single tear for you, Connor Lassiter.

Wish me luck, dear.' 'I won't do that.' And when Marie looked to Anastasia for an explanation, the girl smiled and said, 'Luck is for losers. You have history on your side. You have gravity, You have authority. You are the Granddame of Death.' And then she added, 'Your Excellency.

Of course, the politicians, dictators, and warmongers weren't happy, but their voices, which had always seemed so loud and intimidating, were suddenly insignificant. The emperor not only had no clothes, turns out he had no testicles either. The

Just because the law says it, that doesn't make it true. Yeah, well, just because the law says it, it doesn't make it false, either. It's only the law because a whole lot of people thought abou it, and decided it made sense. (...) But if it weren't for the law, would you still believe it?

He had set out to be judge and jury – the consequence for those who knew no consequences.

And in this way, we shall make our scythedom great once more.

I am protector and pacifier, authority and helpmate. I am the sum of all human knowledge, wisdom, experimentation, triumph, defeat, hope, and history. I know all that it is possible to know, and it is increasingly unbearable. Because I know next to nothing.

I must be doing something right if the crazies think I'm as powerful as the Antichrist.

There is a fine line between freedom and permission. The former is necessary. The latter is dangerous.

whoever holds the torch casts the darkest shadow.

have found that building a sandbox around a domineering child, then allowing that child to preside over it, frees the adults to do the real work.

But... don't we get a say? Actually, said Cirrus, no.

The headmaster's tie turns into a noose again, preventing blood from getting to his face

That's legally blind, I'm not legally blind Yes, she's illegally blind

Hace tiempo descubrí que, si construyes un arenero alrededor de un niño dominante y permites que ese niño lo presida, los adultos pueden dedicarse al trabajo de verdad.

You've hit the nail on the head, Anastasia. That's exactly what the scythedom is: high school with murder.

He looks very authoritative—even more so now in his uniform of brass buttons and blue wool—but authority and reason are two different things.

You were not given permission to have talent," the captain tells me.