Quotes About Authority

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

All I have to do is say the word and no record label will ever touch Bad Luck. You'll be out of business faster than the fat one from N'Sync.

Freedom had no place in the Soviet System. Freedom was another word for anarchy, and that wouldn't do at all.

Wagstaff was a trim little man in a dark-blue uniform with an armband embroidered with the words CIVIL DEFENSE. "Thank you, Headmaster, and good morning, young gentlemen. Yesterday, as I'm sure you'll remember, I spoke to you about the ways you can help your parents prepare their homes against the possibility of nuclear attack." Clem grinned, noting Tash Harmsworth's scowl. Tash was a bugger for an incorrect proposition.

Los viles aduladores que se arrastran en las cortes sobre la alfombra de los poderosos pueden, al principio

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.

And I wonder---if everything's connected, does that mean that everything can be manipulated and controlled centrally by those who know how to pull strings. . . .

A man who enjoys responsibility usually gets it. A man who merely likes exercising authority usually loses it.

Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power.

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.

Whether they are raised in indigenous or modern culture, there are two things that people crave: the full realization of their innate gifts, and to have these gifts approved, acknowledged, and confirmed. There are countless people in the West whose efforts are sadly wasted because they have no means of expressing their unique genius. In the psyches of such people there is an inner power and authority that fails to shine because the world around them is blind to it.

for there are times when disobedience heals a very ailing part of the self. It relieves the human spirit's distress at being forced into narrow boundaries. For the nearly powerless, defying authority is often the only power available.

Mr Corsa threatened that he was going to send a letter home to my mum and e-mail my dad.

Move back," President Clinton said. "Let this mother through. Don't you know who this is?

They will always allow it. It's only men who need ownership. The gods allow more freedom.

Das Wort Gottes verbündet sich nicht mit dem Aufruhr des Mißtrauens, dem Aufruhr von unten. Sondern es regiert.

Guadalupe Fuentes: --They're not paid to kill honest people, to shoot for no good reasons. Rubenia Fuentes: --Ah, my little girl, then why do you think they give them those big guns that look like tree branches and are larger than they themselves? To shoot, baby, to shoot. Because if they don't, that gives rise to talk that the authorities are useless, are nothing more than decoration.

the media are not the holders of power, but they constitute by and large the space where power is decided.

España! E escoitáronse só as voces das autoridades e dos gardas: Unha! España! Os presos seguían en silencio. Berraron os mesmos: Grande! España! E entón atronou toda a prisión: Libre!

Nel mondo ha sempre regnato un ordine: sopra quelli che devono stare sopra e sotto quelli che devono stare sotto.

You're a cop aren't you? A private detective. Isn't that the same thing? The cops guarantee order. All I do is uncover disorder.

Every good communist should know that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

All reactionaries are paper tigers.