Quotes About Authority

A goodly office is kingship, It has no son, no brother to maintain its memorial. But one man provides for the other; A man acts for him who was before him, So that what he has done is preserved by his successor.

Lo, all maidservants are rude in their speech, When the mistress speaks it irks the servants.

Truly, he who is yonder will be a living god, Punishing the evildoer's crime.

By leaving, we are not necessarily disobeying the men according to the Bible, because we, the women, do not know exactly what is in the Bible, being unable to read it. Furthermore, the only reason why we feel we need to submit to our husbands is because our husbands have told us that the Bible decrees it.

To break his spirit, the village officials and the collective farm organizers hesitated at nothing The most powerful weapon in their hands was the tax. They levied taxes payable in kind and money. Every time Shost thought he had paid all that was required, more items were taxed, and more of the produce of this hand was taken from him. Finally, the day came when he had no more money or grain.

She had a hit for every syllable: 'Don't. You. Ever. Talk. To. Me. Like. That. Ever. Again.' That was the last time I ever talked back to Mom.

Good humor pokes fun at the powerful — not the weak.

Not even the lion is designated as the king of the beasts,

Architecture is politics.

Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. And now it's time for you to get out of the way.

Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution.

we have indeed allow one powerful man to get away too much for far too long

I bet your mom would let me." -Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-

A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor.

There are people who walk mules and people walk horses, but I never thought there were people who walk cops.

Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.

Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches.

Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.

A world where players have enough power to block everyone else's initiatives but no one has the power to impose its preferred course of action is a world where decisions are not taken, taken too late, or watered down to the point of ineffectiveness. Without

PROPENSITY OF THE YOUNG TO QUESTION AUTHORITY AND challenge power is now amplified by the More and Mobility revolutions. Not only are there more people than ever under thirty, but they have more—prepaid calling-cards, radios, TVs, cellphones, computers, and access to the Internet as well as to travel and communication possibilities with others like them at home and around the world. They are also more mobile than ever.

When people are more numerous and living fuller lives, they become more difficult to regiment and control.

He who is active in politics strives for power, either as a means in serving other ends, ideal or egoistic, or as 'power for power's sake,' that is, in order to enjoy the prestige-feeling that power gives.