Quotes About Authority

There is no substitute - none - for American power.

No government should ever be big enough to substitute for the family.

Underlings look up to the boss for behavioral cues, subtle signs, hints and gestures.

We may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight of the difference between dissent and subversion.

Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful.

The function of literature, through all its mutations, has been to make us aware of the particularity of selves, and the high authority of the self in its quarrel with its society and its culture. Literature is in that sense subversive.

Bandwagons roll through our lives. It's up to you whether you jump on them unquestioningly or jump on them to overturn them and subvert them.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

They ordered the extermination of all minds they couldn't control

He who has no bread has no authority

Again, the main issue is not control-seeking bosses versus freedom-seeking workers; very often the person most likely to restrict the workplace freedom of one worker is another worker.

Hold on too tightly and the kids rebel; hold on too loosely and all things go to hell.

I'm the Princess BellaDonna, baby. The head bee-yotch in charge. And from now on, you will do Whatever. I. Say.

Las Nuevas Leyes de 1542, sobre el gobierno de las colonias españolas

The right of bearing arms for a lawful purpose is not a right granted by the Constitution neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence.

Wir sagen natürlich, die Bullen sind Schweine. Wir sagen, der Typ in Uniform ist ein Schwein, kein Mensch. Und so haben wir uns mit ihnen auseinanderzusetzen. Das heißt, wir haben nicht mit ihm zu reden, und es ist falsch, überhaupt mit diesen Leuten zu reden. Und natürlich kann geschossen werden.

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

the most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticised.

The heart of an empire is often beautiful to behold—and cruel to contemplate.

When you accustom people to believe that priests and clergy can forgive sins... you will have sins in abundance

Permissiveness and inconsistency with growing children do them more harm than some physical ailments.

France is an absolute monarchy, tempered by ballads.

Leadership is like the old galley ships. 100s are rowing, but only one (the captain) knows where they are going