Quotes About Authority

Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.

Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system.

There are certain things that they say you can't do, there are all these secret people behind the scenes who make things available for you to do. That's why you have so much crime and violence.

I'm not saying that women leaders would eliminate violence. We are not more moral than men; we are only uncorrupted by power so far. When we do acquire power, we might turn out to have an equal impulse toward aggression.

The violence in society, I'm afraid, is perpetrated by the people at the top.

What holds an Arab leader in power is a mixture of violence and prestige. Both President Assad and King Hussein were felt to have defended Arab interests against the world. That, in the end, is more important than what they wear on their head.

How can I make a movie about the violence of the police if the police aren't going to let me film it?

If the Pope spoke out with moral authority against violent Islam, I would be there cheering him on.

I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter, better, sexier, more violent, whatever.

To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.

The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid panic, is that the violent government excesses we're seeing today are far from unprecedented.

Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must be dealt with accordingly.

At the moment, I'm afraid that the discipline system doesn't give teachers the support that they need. One thing that I've been struck by is that the number of violent assaults on teachers increased last year. We need to be clear that teachers have the power they need in order to impose discipline.

As a judge, I held people accountable when they did wrong. That's why I cracked down on violent criminals and stopped the big banks when they tried to kick families out of their homes.

I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself.

I've always been a dominant and violent person.

Black girls are punished, many times violently so, for questioning and challenging authority, which is something that is often celebrated and encouraged as a sign of intelligence and critical thinking in white boys.

No one should be allowed to violently trample on the law.

I am George Rogers Clark. You have just become a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

I guess it's from going to Virginia Military Institute. I'm a good person to follow orders.

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Let us not be carried away by the undisguised agitations of leaders who virtually asked people to take the law into their own hands.

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My mother was incredibly strict, especially when we moved to New York. Compared with most of the American parents, who seemed so relaxed with their children, my mother was virtually a dictator.