Quotes About Authority

Only slaves love being powerful. HANS ERICH NOSSACK

In hierarchal organizations, the boss is a supreme being. In tribal organizations, the boss is just another worker.

Every year, without fail, we outlaw more things, catch more people doing them, and put more of them in jail. The outlawed behavior never goes away, because, directly or indirectly, it's supported by the strong, invisible, unrelenting force called vision. This explains why police officers are much more likely to take up crime than criminals are to take up law enforcement. It's called 'going with the flow.

Because the Empire controls the media, we can turn any news to the Emperor's advantage.

I said shut up once already, with my mouth.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

"There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else."

"No wonder the teacher knows so much; she has the book."

I said school starts tomorrow. I didn't say I was going to be there.

Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.

Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it – short-term pain for long-term gain.

Bad leadership is an oxymoron.

You can not lead a battle if you think you look silly on a horse.

Thank God that the people that run this world are not smart enough to keep running it forever. You know, everybody gets a handle on it for a little while.

Power is always dangerous. It attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.

Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.

All rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers.

In all ages of the world, priests have been enemies of liberty.

In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.

Earlier ages fortified themselves behind the sovereign state, behind protectionism and militarism.

Is it not a noble farce, wherein kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which the whole vast universe serves for a theatre?

No matter what age you are, if you have it and you know it, then people should listen to you.