Quotes About Authority

In this world are many people who do not master their bodies. Such people say that no one can tell them what to do, not even God, and they think that in this way they have no master. In the end they become slaves to anything.

They're convinced that the more conservative you are the more orthodox you are. They're more Catholic than the Pope.

I loathe examinations. They prove simply nothing, only that it is possible, after all, to mould another into the shape of one's whims.

Words have power", he said intensely. "They have a life of their own. They shift the balance of the world.

Remember that obedience is the great fast.

Each tool reshapes the one who is apparently the master of the tool. I ask myself this: At what point does the tool, the servant, become the real master?

Decision making becomes more political - less about authority and more about influence. That isn't good or bad; it's simply inevitable.

The second imperative for transitioning leaders, then, is to identify key stakeholders and begin to forge productive working relationships with them. Here, too, there are two traps to avoid: focusing on vertical relationships and mistaking titles for authority.

Decision making becomes more political—less about authority, and more about influence.

If we are honest, we must admit that our employers have power over us. Some of them may be nice and some of them may be nasty, but none of them will spend money just because it would be good for us. They know that as individuals we are less powerful than they. We have only our ability to work to sell, but they have the jobs.

Kids … when someone's making decisions for you, you can bet that they've also decided to take what's yours.

Books were another form of fog, dipping down to infiltrate and insidiously undermine the authoritative, official version, showing it up for the sham it was. He knew the stories were all made up, the characters puppets, the outcome predetermined, so why did they seem more real than reality? And why was no one else shocked by this gleeful scandal?

Imagine living in a country where the cops are all people who're cut out for the job.

A lower-ranking official was served tea on a plain tray. Once he reached the rank of chief of sector, the tray suddenly sprouted a napkin. In apparatchik-speak, the promotion was referred to as 'receiving the napkin.

Delegating your accountabilities is abdication

Without an industry leader, practices desirable for the industry as a whole go unenforced. P.32

As long as the cops keep people away from my door, they have my blessing handling 'the thugs' in whatever way they see fit.

Indignation principis mors est. the anger of the prince, means death.

The market is simply a proxy, or a pseudonym, for the rich and powerful, for the capitalist elite. In expressions such as, "The market did x, y, or z", or, "The market reacted badly to the news", or "The market demanded a new policy", or, "The market gave it the thumbs down", if you simply substitute "capitalist elite" for the word "market", you will comprehend what's going on.

Meritocracy is all about positive liberty, about the endeavour to perfect humanity and create an earthly paradise. It's not afraid of legitimate authority – authority exercised in the interests of all. It's wholly opposed to privilege, excessive wealth, dynastic rule, inheritance and anyone seeking power in order to serve his own self-interest and particular will rather the interests of all and the General Will.

Meritocracy – going back to Plato's Guardians – is about centralised authority. Meritocracy asserts that humanity can advance rapidly only under the guidance of geniuses, the smartest people in the world.

Our way of life is inherently based on masters and slaves. We bow to assorted Gods, like slaves bowing to masters. We bow to monarchs and presidents, to the rich, to celebrities. We never tire of bowing to others and getting on our knees. We are controlled at every turn. Isn't it time to unshackle ourselves, to stand up straight for once? Isn't it time to bring an end to the master-slave dialectic?

It takes more than knowing how to point the ship to be a captain," he said with more than a touch of black choler. "It takes knowing where and why to point it.

Otorite sayg?y? kazan?r, iktidarsa talep eder; otoritenin tuza?a ihtiyac? yokken iktidar, ürkütücü, a??rl?k sunan giysiler gereksinir; otorite aç?k yürek, iktidarsa s?k?l? yumruktur.