Quotes About Authority

Charisma knows only inner determination and inner restraint…. The charismatic leader gains and maintains authority solely by proving his strength in life.

What kind of a man must one be if he is allowed to put his hand on the wheel of history?

Política como vocación). Los funcionarios con un alto sentido ético, tales como los que desgraciadamente han ocupado entre nosotros una y otra vez cargos directivos, son precisamente malos políticos, irresponsables en sentido político y por tanto desde este punto de vista, éticamente detestables.

Für die Politik ist das entscheidende Mittel: die Gewaltsamkeit.

A state is a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory.

The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny.

A woman's mind and spirit are no better than those of the man she lies under in the night.

What the devil's a king but a man, or a queen but a woman?

Sometimes, you must play by the rules. If only so one can break them more effectively.

This was the story of her life. Men explained things to her that she not only knew, but knew far more about.

If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.

Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.

Je li vlast od Boga? Ako nije, odakle joj pravo da nam sudi? Ako jest, kako može da pogriješi? Ako nije, sruši?emo je; ako jest, sluša?emo je. Ako nije od Boga, šta nas obavezuje da trpimo nepravde? Ako je od Boga, jesu li to nepravde, ili kazna zbog viših ciljeva. Ako nije, onda je nada mnom i nad tobom i nad svima nama izvršeno nasilje, i onda smo opet mi krivi što ga podnosimo.

God created land, politicians created boundaries. - On globalization

the Please was more like a command than a request

Women in powerful positions are never safe from criticism.

Power structures were always fairly easy to figure out if you took a moment to observe the people involved.

When a man speaks that way, people say he has authority. When a woman does, everyone resents her and thinks she's his mother. Or their nagging wife.

It's like we kept trying to use the same rules," Greer said, "and these people kept saying to us, 'Don't you get it? I will not live by your rules.'" She took a breath. "They always get to set the terms. I mean, they just come in and set them. They don't ask, they just do it. It's still true.

Only when those fathers were not on the premises could they be elevated and deified.

Walking past all the cops, all the detectives, I raise my runner's shirt a few inches, like I'm shaking it loose form my damp skin. I let them all see my stomach, its tautness. I let everyone see I'm not afraid, and that I'm not anything but a silly cheerleader, a feather-bodied sixteen-year-old with no more sense than a marshmellow peep. I let them see I'm not anything. least of all what I am.

In this life," she said, crossing these glorious gams, shimmering in the filmy light, "you can't let your guard down. If you can control yourself, you can control everyone else.

You can't let your guard down. If you can control yourself, you can control everyone else.

The Bible was written by man to serve his own ends. Like society. Like the church. We use such things to control one another, but what right do we have to do so?