Quotes About Authority

My word is iron," Kublai said to the guards, as Meng Guang was led away. "Your people will come to know this, in time.

My word is Iron

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws. EDMUND BURKE

In the Senate they have as many power as we decide to grant them, do you understand it? If we don't allow them anything, then they have nothing. That which they call ''power'' is made of shadows

The nation of my father is too strong for a man who cannot command even his own body.

You obey orders, because if you do not, you cannot expect the same from your men. You are part of the wolf, not the whole wolf. I would have thought you had learned that when you were a boy, but it is not the case. A wolf cannot have more than one head, General, or it tears itself apart.

Just as the kids are afraid of the dark, so too are grown ups scared of power. It lures, but, also, consumes. It's a game that mustn't never be taken lightly.

Kublai went on as if he had not spoken. "Before you all, in the lands of my enemies, I declare myself great khan of the nation, of the khanates under my brothers, Hulegu and Arik-Boke, of the Chagatai khanate and all others. I declare myself great khan of the Chin lands and the Sung. I have spoken and my word is iron!

I have not given thought to what comes after the battles. Perhaps I will rule. Is that not the right of a conqueror?

A strong man could bend the sky to suit him, but only for himself, Temujin knew.

This is a hard land and the people are used to death. If I am to rule them, they must know that to face me is to be destroyed. They must be afraid, Chakahai. It is the only way.

He was my first sight of a king, and I thought they were a different breed of men, a thread of gold above the rest of us. How I wish that were true.

Genghis had once told him he should never give an order they would not obey. He should never let them see the limits of his authority. The

The world has grown too large for one army of the nation, my brother. You will ride where I tell you to ride, conquer where I tell you to conquer. The world is yours, if you can put aside the base part of you that tells you to rule it all. That you may not have. Now give me an answer and your oath. Your word is iron, brother, and I will take it. Or I can just kill you now.

You respect orders because if you don't do this, you won't be able to expect the same from your people. You're a part of the wolf and not the entire wolf. A wolf cannot have more than one head, general, because it will fall apart

He who controls the heartland controls the world.

It was not that authority came without crushing weight, just that the alternative was living at another's whim.

They had learned that Sorhatani expected the same sort of instant obedience as her husband. She had grown up around men of power and had married into the great khan's family at a very young age. She knew that men prefer to follow, that it takes an effort of will to lead. She had that will.

We would all be a tyrant if we could.

If word got out that anyone was moving soldiers, they could expect a tuman to turn up on the horizon. Genghis was not a man to ignore a naked challenge to his authority. The Mongol army moved and millions would die.

Whoever controls the heart of the land, controls the world

Every man should be khan in his own home.

If they love you, they will do what you wish,but only WHEN they want to. If they fear you, they will do what you wish EXACTLY when you wish. So, is it better to love or fear you?

If they love you, they will do what you wish,but only WHEN they want to. If they fear you, they will do what you wish EXACTLY when you wish. So, is it better to love or to fear you?