Quotes About Authority

It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of the property and women of his subjects, from both of which he must abstain.

Women rule our lives, don't they?

Nature intended women to be our slaves. They are our property.

I think women rule the world and that no man has ever done anything that a woman either hasn't allowed him to do or encouraged him to do.

Law and order in our communities doesn't arise spontaneously.

What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything.

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.

Being Speaker of the House is a really tough spot.

In Korea, the director is on top, and the power flows down vertically. On the set, I love to come up with ideas on the spot. But in Hollywood, if I were to come up with a certain idea on set, the idea had to be taken to all these different people who had to agree.

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.

If you think I have the power to determine when people leave their spouses, you attribute far too much credit to me.

International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don't have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.

Napoleon - the people who were becoming Napoleon's generals realized that for him, it was not about spreading freedom and revolution; it was about creating a new empire with Napoleon the dictator or the emperor.

I am like a friend to my children, but when things get out of hand, the 'mum' in me springs up!

As you get older, you get less people to hold you accountable, especially in pro sports. The players have all the power. Unless you play for the Spurs. Then you're a college kid for life.

If it squares with the Scripture, then let's go. If it's in conflict with the Scripture, then it's heresy.

The Packers have lots of owners nobody knows instead of one owner who doesn't know squat.

Be it a cop, or an IAS officer or even a goonda, the audience wants to see me as a person who discusses social issues, asks questions that they have and squeeze out answers from those concerned.

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.

A compromise is but an act of Congress. It may be overruled at any time. It gives us no security. But the Constitution is stable. It is a rock.

Jokes apart, I, like many other, am looking for strong and stable government. I don't want any chaotic political situation where the elected government is being toppled frequently.

I had to delegate authority to the people on my staff. That means you shave away the hierarchy.

She is incredibly fit, but we remind staff that she's not just the monarch, but our mother.

A president is always cosseted by his staff.