Quotes About Authority

They raise their blasters as she lowers hers. "I'm sorry, Captain," she says. Then, to her backup: "Arrest him. Take him to detention level—No. Wait." She snaps her fingers. "Have him shackled and taken to my shuttle. Have a medical droid in attendance." With a stiff smile she says (as if for his approval): "We are not animals.

Naughty business, this Empire.

Palpatine has the presence of a collapsing star and the consumptive void that results from it. It draws you in. It takes something from you. It is a flensing, frightening force. But Rax stands tall

Leadership can mean defiance.

The Empire pretends it's about law and order, but at the end of the day, it's about dressing up oppression in the costume of justice.

The Empire pretends it's about law and order, but at the end of the day, it's about dressing up oppression in the costume of justice. The

The Empire's weapon may be destroyed, but the Empire itself lives on.

No clear chain of succession was evident. Palpatine had no family of which to speak, at least as far as anyone knew.

The Rebellion was gone, and a new government grew swiftly—if clumsily—in its place.

How do you form an Empire? By stealing a Republic. And how do you steal a Republic? By convincing its people that they cannot govern themselves—that freedom is their enemy and that fear is their ally.

The Empire is just a skin we wear, you see. A shell. It's not just about law and order. It's about total control.

Give your oppressed masses a sense of virtue accumulated through suffering, and stand back and marvel as they censor themselves and act in a decent, God-fearing, law-abiding and—best of all—long-suffering manner, in order to feel ethically superior to you. I've

All these massive executive-power-consolidating, pound-you-up-the-fanny-whenever-the-urge-so-takes-me directives could simply be ordered not to exist anymore by me, as your next president, with the simple stroke of my pen. So

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands . . . is the definition of tyranny. —James Madison

Executive leadership ultimately goes to the candidate wearing the biggest codpiece. I

We wouldn't be proper children if we didn't disregard our parents' most vital instruction.

hands pose for now, which was an endurance pose, forcing the sub to hold their arms out in front of them, elbows bent and touching, palms upturned. Placing an object, like a book, on their palms, made it even more difficult. If they failed to maintain the position for the prescribed time period, they would, of course, be punished.

Floor," he said instead. It took her a moment to react. Then, with a small nod, she lay face down on the mat and crossed her wrists behind her back.

It's not easy being a good Master, and we all work at it. You're having trouble balancing the power of your position with the grace and love that must accompany that power. I want to get you the help you need to start to deal with those issues from the inside out.

Oh, yes, Sir," she breathed, and with that one word—Sir—the mood shifted from friends or even lovers to something deeper, something better. Slipping

The first step is making sure you, as the Top, do, in fact, know what the hell you're doing.

She thought about orgasming on command. How was that even possible? You came when your body was ready to come, not when someone else told you to.

This isn't a game. If you sign on, your body will no longer be your own. Modesty has no place, none whatsoever, in a slave's repertoire. You will do as you're told, when you're told, or be punished. If this isn't something you think you can handle, you'd better face that right now.

Remove your shoes and place them beside the mat. Then you will kneel, ass on your heels, knees spread wide, hands resting on your thighs palms up, eyes on the floor. You will wait here until we are ready for you. You will not move out of position until directed to do so. You will not speak unless spoken to directly and a response is required. Is that understood?