Quotes About Authority

The net result of it was that some streets were bright with the headlights of military trucks and patrolled by National Guardsmen, and some of them were as black and empty as a crooked politician's heart.

There is more to the world than what a review board publishes about an officer or aeronaut, Miss Lancaster. Guard. Your. Tongue.

But even the tough, capable centurions gave Marcus speculative glances, as if seeking out his thoughts on their predicament. Marcus returned the glances with nothing but crisp salutes, letting them see the First Spear proceeding with business as usual.

If you had, you'd realize what an incredible force you have working on your side." "The A-Team?" "Bureaucracy," Murphy said. "I would rather have the A-Team.

Mr. Dresden," Parker growled. He eyed me up and down. "What exactly makes you think you can stop me from killing you?" I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children. "Oh, I don't know," I chuckled. "Maybe because the second you step out of line, I'm going to wreck you a whole hell of a lot worse than that truck. And because in just a couple of minutes, the police are going to be arriving to sort you out.

Tavi nodded and stepped up onto the raised platform at the head of the conference room. Though the visiting dignitaries had departed, the room was still crowded, this time with the officers of both Legions of the Senatorial Guard and the First Aleran. Except for Max, Crassus, and one or two of the other Tribunes in the First Aleran, Tavi was by far the youngest man in the room

The desk sergeant wasn't the usual mustached old warhorse who I had run into before, but a greying matron with steely eyes who disapproved of me and my lifestyle in a single glance

Words have a power every bit as terrible and beautiful as magic, and they don't need a special effects budget to do it, either.

Her fate was, she realized, entirely in the hands of another person. Captain

I guess you don't get to be commander of the Wardens by collecting bottle caps, either.

I order to be in charge, you need someone to be in charge of.

When the bossy bit happens, our first response is a genuine extended smile at the child. This unexpected turn of events gives him or her time to think, to wonder what in the world is going on. Then we say something like "Nice try, Alicia. Nice try. What do you think happens in this family when people get really bossy? Does it help or not? But please don't answer that now. Just give it some thought." Then we walk off.

The risk of relying too much on trying to control children from the outside in, is that this often causes rebellion from the inside out.

We might say, "My kids used to listen to me, but now they won't. Boy, have they ever changed." Wrong again. They haven't changed one iota. They're still listening to a voice outside their heads—it's just not ours anymore.

The state of our kids' room is a control battle we can win. But making an issue of it doesn't mean yelling at them. It means offering choices

Obedience leads to a powerful, confident life.

I followed all the rules - man's and God's. And you... followed none of them and they all loved you more

Ludlow stayed in his room and would not see his eldest son. He sent Pet down into the parlor carrying his slate saying he could not talk to Alfred as long as he represented the U.S. government and its base practices.

What has been touted by government officials as a means to protect us has slowly been transformed into a surveillance state being used to protect the government and the people who control it from any public rebellion.

Do you know we are being led to Slaughters by placid admirals & that fat slow generals are getting Obscene on young blood Do you know we are ruled by t.v.

Once you make peace with authority you become an authority

The media controls the mind.

I don't think there should even be a president, man. I think we should have total democracy.

You're all a bunch of fucking slaves.