Quotes About Authority

The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State.

there is every reason to fear that the State is growing ever more powerful, more autonomous, more indifferent to its own inhabitants.

Who is all-powerful should fear everything.

I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment.

There is none but he Whose being I do fear; and under him My genius is rebuked, as it is said Mark Antony's was by Caesar.

He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

Behind every bad law, a deep fear.

Those who would rule with an iron fist always fear the free expression of opinions by those they would suppress.

Temeraire-- Never fear; I am going; the Son of Heaven will not tolerate delays, and Barham gives me leave. Allegiance will carry us! Pray eat something --L.

He of whom many are afraid ought himself to fear many.

If you worship power, you will feel weak and afraid, needing ever more power over others to keep the fear at bay.

The man who fears nothing is as powerful as he who is feared by everybody.

People are kept in line in society because they fear punishment. The assumption that underlies this mentality is that a human being will follow their desires without mitigation.

This is not a democracy," I said, understanding he fear but unable to do anything about it. "It's a Maxocracy.

Great Power doesn't come without great responsibilities.

Don't let power change you use your power to make changes.

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

No one can live without the decisions of their own it seems. So they look to someone else to tell them what to be, tell them what to wear, tell them what to say.

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.

When important issues affecting the life of an individual are decided by somebody else, it makes no difference to the individual whether that somebody else is a king, a dictator, or society at large

"You are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life ... Your entire life ... Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul." ~ Anna Quindlen

A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do.

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.