Quotes About Authority

Hence the enormous importance to a patriarch who has to conquer, who has to rule, of feeling that great numbers of people, half the human race indeed, are by nature inferior to himself.

the men are undone by the need to master, and the women by the power of self-doubt.

for better or worse, it is the commentator who has the last word.

I cannot disobey something which I do not know and the reality of which I have the right to deny.

Do those clowns really believe what they teach?

I love being bossed by you, but every game has its rules.

The hoary judge put his mouth close to his ear, panted for a moment, made the announcement and slowly moved away, as though ungluing himself.

the lot in life of any particular sheep depended on the type of man who owned it.

There stands the white man, Boss of the fields-- Lord of the land And all that it yields. Here bend the black folks, Hands to the soil-- Bosses of nothing. Not even their toil.

Nature has a way Of not caring much About marriage Licenses and such

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

The more laws and order are made prominent,The more thieves and robbers there will be.

People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.

Most of the ladies and gentlemen who mourn the passing of the nation's leaders wouldn't know a leader if they saw one. If they had the bad luck to come across a leader, they would find out that he might demand something from them, and this impertinence would put an abrupt and indignant end to their wish for his return.

Too much power is never a good thing. It corrupts even the strongest.

If my mom reads that I'm grammatically incorrect I'll have hell to pay.

I've got a mind to turn you over my knee and spank the spoiled hell out of you

Danger followed in his wake . . . followed, because it wouldn't dare get in his way.

I'll listen to you, but you need to treat me with a little respect. Because it doesn't sound like I'm a pawn. Sounds like I'm more of a queen." A vein in his temple began to throb, and she grew bolder, the sense of power emanating from the mark on her chest filing her with the mettle she'd lost after the break-in two years ago. Lowering her voice to a tense whisper, she nipped his earlobe. "Checkmate.

Have you had a chance to talk with your colleagues? Talk? We don't talk. They dictate. I tell them to fuck off.