Quotes About Authority

So how do you preserve such freedom," Zehron countered, "if the state itself coerces the people to follow its rules?

When the images of power overshadow the reality, those without power find themselves fighting phantoms.

All things that move between the quiet poles Shall be at my command. Emperors and kings Are but obey'd in their several provinces, Nor can they raise the wind, or rend the clouds; But his dominion that exceeds in this Stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man! A sound magician is a mighty god.

YOUNGER MORTIMER: Fear'd am I more than lov'd; - let me be fear'd, And, when I frown, make all the court look pale.

Edward: Well Mortimer, ile make thee rue these words, Beseemes it thee to contradict thy king? Frownst thou thereat, aspiring Lancaster, The sworde shall plane the furrowes of thy browes, And hew these knees that now are growne so stiffe. I will have Gaveston, and you shall know, What danger tis to stand against your king. Gaveston: Well doone, Ned.

Nay, could their numbers countervail the stars, Or ever-drizzling drops of April showers, Or wither'd leaves that autumn shaketh down, Yet would the Soldan by his conquering power So scatter and consume them in his rage, That not a man should live to rue their fall.

KING EDWARD: But what is he whom rule and empery Have not in life or death made miserable?

Is not all the power on Earth bestowed on us {the Pope}, even if we wanted to, can do no wrong?

USUMCASANE: To be a king, is half to be a god.

Any freedom that can be given can be taken away.

Shylock repointed his twitching, accusatory digit at his daughter. "You do not say such things in my house. You—you—you—you—" "Run along, love, it appears that Papa's been stricken with an apoplexy of the second person.

On the radio, turned low, Reba sang of hard times with the full authority of a cross-eyed redheaded millionaire.

The only difference between a pirate and a privateer is a flag

Mr. Asher, I'm going to have to ask you to leave." "No, ma'am, I'm going to have to insist that you pass away, this instant. You're overdue.

A Bluesman hates to be told what to do. Authority rankles him, inspires his rebellion, and plays to his need to self-destruct. A Bluesman doesn't take to having a boss unless he's on a chain gang (for the chain gang boss ranks below only a mean old woman and a sweet young thing in the hierarchy of the Blues Muse, followed closely by bad liquor, a dead dog, and the Man).

Hey, you ever feel like you might just be the construct of an unyielding, all-seeing bureaucracy beyond our perception that is molding humanity to its own will and pleasure?

The key to retaining their respect was to find out what they wanted to do, then tell them to do it.

The only way to control the faithful is to not become one of them

I want to be Moses." "You can't." "Why not?" "I have the stick." "Oh.

no somos más que políticos: vociferantes putas de la retórica.

no somos más que políticos: vociferantes putas de la retórica. Lazarus

The powerful hold nothing but contempt for those who toady to them, all but the toadies know this.

Don't be ridiculous, Charlie, people love the parents who beat their kids in department stores. It's the ones who just let their kids wreak havoc that everybody hates.

Edle Herren, seid so freundlich und verpisst Euch.