Quotes About Authority

Members of the ruling class are unwilling to admit themselves mistaken.

Even Henry and Caroline, whom she saw every day, were half hidden under their accumulations--accumulations of prosperity, authority, daily experience. They were carpeted with experience. No new event could set jarring feet on them but they would absorb and muffle the impact. If the boiler burst, if a policeman climbed in at the window waving a sword, Henry and Caroline would bring the situation to heel by their massive experience of normal boilers and normal policemen.

A police officer who does not believe there is such a crime as rape can arrive at only one determination

How do you not believe in fate? How do you ever think that you are the one in control? How could she have been so foolish as to think that she had any authority over her future? How could she have been so brazen as to think that this had anything at all to do with her?

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties, blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

Judged by accepted canons of statecraft, the white man towered the indisputable master of the planet.

Heaven or hell, same regime just different Dictator.

For a true name holds true power.

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!

Remember that for every problem you face, Heaven has a divine prescription. God has a command of authority that you can bring against your present condition!

Who guards the guardians?

The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

we have red triangles as politicals, so we let the

Pokaza? palcem w gór?, gdzie mieszka Bóg i urz?duje Biuro Polityczne.

Dogs have Masters. Cats have staff.

As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while; a little growling goes a long way.

It is important to know when to delegate authority.

He crossed the road when the signal was red, that's his problem!

Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom.

Women saw everything, and they thought about everything. The result was wisdom. For men, this was a frightening state of affairs, which is why they insist on holding on to power.

When a woman says 'nay,' it is 'nay.' There is no 'aye' in it.

Political correctness is the handmaiden of tyranny.