Quotes About Authority

Hungarian...) the only tongue the devil respects.

Idiocy flows uphill towards power.

Of all animals, the boy is the most unmanageable...

Let papers speak and beards be silent.

I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches.

The best way to sound like you know what you're talking about is to know what you're talking about.

Those who tell the stories rule the world.

IRS: We've got what it takes to take what you've got.

It's your body. Tell it what to do.

If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings.

Many forms of government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time...

If Voting Changed Anything, They'd Abolish It

The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.

Dental hygienists are boss of the floss.

Everybody likes to hear it straight from the boss, even if you are going to get fired.

Those who tell the stories rule society.

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

Archbishop: a Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.

Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.

The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office.

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when the fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

Representative Fiorello La Guardia responded, "I maintain this law will be almost impossible of enforcement. And if this law fails to be enforced-as it certainly will be, as it is drawn-it will create contempt and disregard for law all over the country.

She-who-must-be-obeyed.