Quotes About Authority

Mientras que la libertad da lugar al crecimiento y la sabiduría, el permiso permite que el mal florezca a una luz del día que, de otro modo, acabaría por destruirlo.

A scythe doesn't have to follow through on a threat for it to be effective.

Damisch Control

Greyson Tolliver spent his days as His Sonority, the Toll, consoling desperate, starstruck people and passing along wise advice from the Thunderhead. Except, of course, when he made shit up.

Chain of command knows no age restrictions, he once told Connor. You could be six, but if you were my superior, I'd still do as I was told.

Have a mint," she said. "No thanks," Mitch told her. "I SAID, HAVE A MINT." And Mitch, like a weak mind manipulated by the Force, obeyed.

We make mistakes. Believe me, if Goddard is installed as High Blade, half of the scythes who put him there will regret it in the morning, but by then it will be too late!

You'll find in life, Caden, that many decisions are made by morons in high places.

Are people really such sheep that they can be fooled?

Fear, Ayn. Fear is the beloved father of respect.

Perhaps the universe should have deigned to provide such warnings, but scythes were no more supernatural than tax collectors in the grand scheme of things. They showed up, did their unpleasant business, and were gone.

Before the Thunderhead, governments had constitutions and massive tomes of laws - yet even then, they were forever debated and challenged and manipulated. Wars were fought over the different interpretations of the same doctrine.

Suddenly it was obvious to Connor why they don't teach it. Once education was restructured and corporatized, they didn't want kids knowing how close they came to toppling the government. They didn't want kids to know how much power they really had.

May be the most powerful humans on earth, they are also the most vulnerable

Maybe it kills bad scythes,' Munira suggested. 'No,' said Rowan, 'that would be me.

Just because the law says it, that doesn't make it true." Yeah, well, just because the law says it, that doesn't make it false, either. It's only the law because a whole lot of people thought about it, and decided it made sense.

I should like to be on a scythe committee one day," Rowan said. Citra looked at him oddly. "Why are you talking like Faraday?" Rowan shrugged. "When in Rome…

Fear of it? Who could possibly be afraid of the Thunderhead? People who had the most to lose: Criminals. Politicians. Organizations that thrived on the oppression of others.

Con la Guadaña es mejor pedir perdón que pedir permiso.

Who's the fat guy?" Citra asked. "He looks important," said Rowan. "Indeed," said Scythe Faraday. "'The fat guy,' as you call him, is the High Blade. The most powerful man in the MidMerican Scythedom. He presides over conclave.

Silence was all it took to turn servitude into superiority. The servant became the master, and the world became all about pleasing the Thunderhead.

The scythedom was cursed with idiots.

I can't believe that you're being taught by the Scythe Curie. The Grandma of Death! Grande Dame, not grandma.

WFor to put oneself above the law is a fundamental recipe for disaster.