Quotes About Authority

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

If I was meant to be controlled, I would have came with a remote.

When we are young, everyone teaches us to talk and walk, but as we grow up, they tell us to shut up and sit down.

Yes, indeed, if some of these boys are a bit soft and chicken-hearted and hesitate, they shoot them immediately, a dozen bullets through the skin and that's that. In a way it's got to be done and what does it matter to the officers? They get their pesetas all the same and that's all they care about.

Invalids, weary of having to make the infrequency of their attacks depend on their own prudence, like to persuade themselves that they can do everything that they enjoy, and that does them harm, with impunity, provided that they place themselves in the hands of a higher authority who, without putting them to the least inconvenience, can and will, by uttering a word or by administering a pill, set them once again on their feet.

The generals who get the most soldiers killed insist that they be well fed.

That feeling of veneration which we always have for those who hold, and exercise without restraint, the power to do us harm.

that feeling of veneration which we always have for those who wield unrestrained power to do us harm.

Her kad?n, bir erke?in üzerindeki gücü ne kadar fazlaysa, gitmenin tek yolunun da kaçmak oldu?unu hisseder. Kraliçe oldu?u için kaçak olmak zorundad?r.

For decades (really centuries), the Roman Catholic Church, the Jehovah's Witnesses, and the ultra-Orthodox Jews, among others, have handled reports of clergy abuse as though the public good were not their problem and have insisted on silence as they refused to report the crimes to authorities.

The Vatican even today, under the popular Pope Francis, continues to prevaricate as it says that bishops should report abuse…if the law requires it. This year, the Italian bishops disclosed that they will not report clergy abuse to the authorities, because Italy does not require it. The Vatican knows full well that the law often does not require clergy to report, because its own bishops lobby to ensure it doesn't!

What can I do for you, Detective?' he said cheerily, smiling and nodding at Bailey. What was I, chopped liver? I had a badge too. Maybe I should've shown it to him. Maybe I should've shown him my gun too.

If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.

We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity.

Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them.

Quaedam iura non scripta, sed omnibus scriptis certiora sunt.

The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that one can live in a palace without bodyguards, extravagant attire, chandeliers, statues, and other luxuries. He taught me that it is possible to live instead pretty much in the manner of a private citizen without losing any of the dignity and authority a ruler must possess to discharge his imperial duties effectively.

The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.

There is a clear difference between leadership that is gentle and loving in its strength, and leadership that is forceful and overbearing. Shepherds lead others to walk in the ways of the Lord.

It is no good pretending that as Christian leaders we have little or no power. We do. Power and power differentials are givens in leadership. Being realistic about this is essential if we are to grasp how we affect others. We need to be as insightful as possible if we want to ensure that we use our power and authority in right and godly ways.

Leaders who are reluctant to engage with Scripture, or who insist that their way is the only scriptural way without discussion, or who demand obedience without reference to Scripture, are almost certainly outside the limits of legitimate authority.

All the way back to Genesis 3 we can trace twin instincts. On one hand the human heart has been hard-wired to seek solitary, authoritarian power and safety. On the other, there is a deep-seated responsibility-abdicating acquiescence to ungodly leaders or groups.

It is quite possible for leaders to become self-promoting without realizing it. Over time, defending their reputation becomes important to retaining and growing control. They become harder to disagree with because of the combination of the control they exert within the formal structure and the relational support they can gather privately outside of it.

Because in the end, your enemy must ultimately fear you, understand your supremacy.