Quotes About Authority

Marie Antoinette established herself as a force to be reckoned with - as a queen who commanded as much attention as the most dazzling king or mistress, and whose imposing stature had nothing to do with her maternal prospects.

Marie Antoinette] went to great lengths to underscore the notion that the realm of Trianon was ruled by her and her alone.

Any kid what begs for a whippin' can find one.

A true lady never lets someone know when he's riled her; otherwise she's giving away her power and her crown.

No tactic of the Enemy and no entrenched blindness on our part have the power to deter God from seeing his vision for us to completion. God's secret plan has now been revealed to us; it is a plan centered on Christ, designed long ago according to his good pleasure. 'And this is his plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ--everyting in heaven and on earth' (Ephesians 1:10)--including his sons and daughters.

even the idyllic garden of Eden was a war zone. The command to rule and subdue put God's image bearers on high alert that fierce resistance lay ahead.

When God created human beings in his 'image' and 'likeness,' he was designating us as his representatives on the earth. Instead of running things directly himself, he chose us as his intermediaries to run things here in this world. As his image bearers, we speak and act on his behalf.

When you are talking about stupidity, only the military knows the meaning of the word infinite

Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories will be told.

Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.

Bell seated himself behind the desk, motioning for Nancy to stand opposite him. There was tense silence for a moment. Then Bell reached for a desk telephone. "I am going to call the police, Miss Drew, and turn you over to them on a charge of trespassing, breaking, and entering with an attempt to steal." "I wish you would," Nancy replied. "if it is possible over that dummy telephone.

Your father and I will deal with him." "What are you going to do?" I say. "We will talk to him." I snort. "Yeah, that's going to work.

Remember that it is I who have raised you from nothing, and it is I who at any time can lower you to where you were.

I was barely old enough to vote but I could easily enlist in the army, and I enlisted into the army of him.

I stomp toward her and point. I've SO had it with her. "That is SO not nice." You don't even talk like a queen." She glares at me. Nick raises an eyebrow at me. "You're a QUEEN?" I walk to the edge of the bed, stand just a few inches away from her. Power rolls off of her. "Okay, please refrain from your insidious comments, which are obviously geared to inflict harm upon my psyche. I do not appreciate it." Nick cracks up. "Well, you ARE the same Zara.

Maybe he wants you to be his queen," Devyn saids. "Continue the line." "That's crap," Nick says. "Yeah." I glare at him. "Why would anyone want me to be their queen?" "That's not what I meant." The front legs of Nick's chair slam back down.

In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures.

Without discussing it with his mother, Anton went up to his teacher, Miss Katballe, and informed her that after seven years he was now quitting school. It was the best day of her life, she replied. With unexpected politeness he bowed, thanked her, and said, likewise.

But the curator said nothing mattered so long as it looked all right to the ignorant." [Lady Brace] "Sort of government motto. I see." [Sir Henry Merrivale]

When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his 'proper place' and will stay in it.

When you control a man's thinkng you do not have to worry about his actions, You do not have to tell him not to stand he or go yonder . he will find his 'proper' place and will stay in it. You do not have to send him to the back door. he will go without being told

The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.

Without fully realizing it, however, I was actually placing myself in a godlike position of authority.

The idea of "great and dangerous offenses" is an excellent shorthand for the views of the ratifiers—at least if we understand such offenses as including egregious abuses or misuses of official authority.