Quotes About Authority

Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

When economic power became concentrated in a few hands, then political power flowed to those possessors and away from the citizens, ultimately resulting in an oligarchy or tyranny.

The clinical definition of "fascism" is when private concentrated economic power takes government away from the people, turns government into a guarantor, a subsidizer, a covering of corporate power.

Everything a human being wants can be divided into four components: love, adventure, power and fame.

To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.

What the law tried to do by a restraining power from without, the gospel does by an inspiring power from within.

You see, I, unlike you, have been made a prefect, which means that I, unlike you, have the power to hand out punishments." "Yeah," said Harry, "but you, unlike me, are a git.

The real secret of power is consciousness of power.

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.

Rising inequality isn't about who has the knowledge; it's about who has the power.

What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change.

Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.

Neither a state nor a bank ever have had unrestricted power of issuing paper money without abusing that power.

The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason is terror and force.

Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.

What journalism is really about-it's to monitor power and the centres of power.

The only limit to the oppression of government is the power with which the people show themselves capable of opposing it.

What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands.

Remember: you are the only person who thinks in your mind! You are the power and authority in your world.

If a man has enough power, he can speak softly and everyone will listen

I have never asked to be the highest-paid coach in football. I have never asked to be paid like a Super Bowl-winning coach. I have never asked for more power.