Quotes About Authority

I have no hatred for cops. I have hatred for racists and brutal people, but not necessarily the cops. The cops are just doing what they're told to do.

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be bad also.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control?

Congress has the authority to authorize spending and investment to historically neglected and marginalized communities.

Generally, the president's power and capital is used to close a deal and not always to negotiate bit by bit.

Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British nation.

Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again.

I'm a rock star among geeks, wonks, and nerds.

I was the network president. I thought I knew everything.

Once you're in a network, you can do a whole bunch of things to that network. It's just that NSA doesn't have the authority to do that.

Networks, especially, micro-manage everything to death.

The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.

Be the chief but never the lord.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

We must never forget what government is not. Government is not a philanthropic organization. Government is not the family. And government certainly is not the church.

Never take an elevator in city hall.

One of the main arguments that I make in my new book, 'The Great Degeneration,' is that the rule of law in the U.S. is becoming the rule of lawyers.

By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.