Quotes About Authority

the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword." "...a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.

All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.

And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all.

Give me priests who are fat and corrupt and cynical,(...) the sort who like to sit on soft satin cushions, nibble sweetmeats, and diddle little boys. It's the ones who believe in gods who make the trouble. (Tyrion)

Power resides where men believe it resides. A very small man can cast a very large shadow.

Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.

Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.

In a heartbeat, a thousand voices took up the chant. King Joffrey and King Robb and King Stannis were forgotten, and King Bread ruled alone. "Bread." they clamored. "Bread, Bread!

Free folk don't follow names, or little cloth animals sewn on a tunic," the King-Beyond-the-Wall had told him. "They won't dance for coins, they don't care how your style yourself or what that chain of office means or who your grandsire was. They follow strength. They follow the man.

A book can be as dangerous as a sword in the right hands, said Haldon.

The day will come when you need them to respect you, even fear you a little. Laughter is poison to fear.

Perhaps you should speak more softly to me, then. Monsters are dangerous beasts, and just now kings seem to be dying like flies.

So be it. I'll wear my iron and hold my tongue. A man who won't listen can't hear.

A crown should not sit easy on the head.

The Iron Throne will go to the man who has the strength to seize it.

He pushed away from her and raised his arm, forcing his stump into her face. "A Hand without a hand? A bad jape, sister. Don't ask me to rule.

Kings are falling like leaves this autumn.

That's no law, just a sword. Happens I got one too.

No Queen has clean hands.

En las manos adecuadas, un libro puede ser tan peligroso como una espada.

I am not without mercy," thundered he who was notoriously without mercy.

It was never wise for a ruler to eschew the trappings of power, for power itself flows in no small measure from such trappings.

What the King dreams, the Hand builds.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.