Quotes About Authority

Einstein, stop telling God what to do!

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

When science and the Bible differ, science has obviously misinterpreted its data

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

Never allow a person to tell you NO who doesn't have the power to say YES.

People only have power over you if you give them power, no one can have power over you unless you submit to their will.

Weekend Advice: It's only illegal if you get caught.

The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

One of the advantages of being Captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!

A leader is one who knows the way,goes the way and shows the way ...

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

Don't find comfort in being followed because you're feared, but rather, be followed because you're respected. That's true leadership.

Governments didn't have to listen to the people until the people made it hurt not to listen.

In a world where men have always been in charge, it was hard for women to break through. But Ka'ahumanu was different. She was born to rule (Kneubuhl 27)

Americans on the average do not trust intellectuals, but they are cowed by power and stunned by celebrity.

I was in close quarters with some representative specimens of the most dangerous creature in the history of the world, the white man in a suit.

Isn't that what education is all about? Getting the student to sincerely say what the teacher wants to hear? Keep that in mind.

Our teachers were firm believers in the corporal punishment that Americans had given up, which was probably one reason they could no longer win wars. For us, violence began at home and continued in school, parents and teachers beating children and students like Persian rugs to shake the dust of complacency and stupidity out of them, and in that way make them more beautiful.

Not to own the means of production can lead to premature death, but not to own the means of representation is also a kind of death.

You tried to play the game, okay? But they run the game. You don't run anything. That means you can't change anything. Not from the inside. When you got nothing, you got to change things from the outside.

I was in close quarters with some representative specimens of the most dangerous creature in the history of the world, the white man in a suit. Gentlemen,

the most dangerous creature in the history of the world, the white man in a suit.