Quotes About Authority

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back

The marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading "Keep Off."

Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.

The emptiness of mere majority calculus deprives legality of all persuasive power.

Let... others call me a hypocrite because I fired a gun in a moment of personal peril. I shall still be for strict gun control. But as long as authorities leave this society awash in drugs and guns, I will protect my family.

The commander's talents are given greatest scope in rough hilly country. Mountains allow him too little real command over his scattered units and he is unable to control them all; in open country, control is a simple matter and does not test his ability to the fullest.

donde las cosas están bien ordenadas no debería haber más que un mando supremo en un mismo teatro bélico

nichts gewöhnlicher ist als Beispiele von Männern, die ihre Tätigkeit verlieren, sobald sie zu höheren Stellen gelangen, denen ihre Einsichten nicht mehr gewachsen sind;

The presence of a commander should be constantly felt and evoke a feeling of courage within his men.

The reason behind the need to dominate others derives from a terror of being dominated by them.

When Lemaître defends the idea that the universe is expanding, and Einstein does not believe it, one of the two is wrong; the other, right. All of Einstein's results, his fame, his influence on the scientific world, his immense authority, count for nothing. The observations prove him wrong, and it's game over. An obscure Belgian priest is right. It is for this reason that scientific thinking has power.

Your price makes a statement about your credibility. The more you charge, the more people respect you!

Six factors that control how much we can charge o Confidence o Value o Social Proof o Authority o Passion o Positioning

When I come to a design decision, people know that is that.

En materia política, indicamos, López Obrador está fortaleciendo la presidencia a expensas de los otros poderes de la Unión y también del federalismo.

López Obrador, sin abandonar el marco democrático, socava los contrapesos al Ejecutivo, condición éstos tanto para acotar el poder presidencial como para desarrollar la democracia.

The Government is making a fool of itself by attributing all terrorism and acts against the government only to one single patriot

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." —C.S. Lewis With

What you must understand is that according to the U.S. government, a parent does not own the rights to care for their own child. Instead, the true responsibility for childcare belongs to the state.

When I say something like "back when I was in high school," I usually mean: "back when I was supposed to be in high school.

Leadership is something I was born with.

Me di cuenta de que podía soportarlo todo: el frío que calaba mis ropas gastadas, la tristeza de mi absoluta miseria, el sordo horror de aquella casa sucia. Todo menos su autoridad sobre mí. Era aquello lo que me había ahogado al llegar a Barcelona, lo que me había hecho caer en la abulia, lo que mataba mis iniciativas;

the power of the people is so much stronger than the people in power.

Great leaders have an air of confidence," he replied. "Subordinates need to look up to somebody who is still standing strong, like an oak, regardless of events around them.