Quotes About Authority

the Queen of Alkyra can consort with whoever the Black she pleases!

Bureaucrats!" Professor Torgeson said, like it was a really bad word, and her Vinland accent got thicker, the way it always did when she got angry.

There are always people in any group who will go along with authority only so long as authority agrees with their opinions," Papa said.

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.

Suppressing the knowledge produced by any oppressed group makes it easier for dominant groups to rule because the seeming absence of dissent suggests that subordinate groups willingly collaborate in their own victimization.

Knowledge without wisdom is adequate for the powerful, but wisdom is essential for the survival of the subordinate.

It's the same with everything,' said Ninian. 'The greater the control we accept, the greater the freedom.

Burrell stopped his lawyer's protest by raising one large hand, palm out. "It's like

Cunningham, the English lord, owned all our land, all our houses; he could put any of us out if he wanted.

Me agrada pensar que estoy, aunque sólo sea un poco, al mando de mi destino.

It was time to lower the boom.

Decisions by committee are almost always long in coming and dead wrong. A world-changing vision comes from one person, not five or or twenty or a hundred, and more often than not, the best of plans are laid to waste by the many.

The commissioners were only politicians anyway and easily replaced.

the law is a blind woman and the judge usually an unloved old man.

All horsepower corrupts.

So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter. (2 Thes. 2:15)

the fear of God is the reverence we give to God Almighty because He has the power and authority to give us what we do deserve. The

Because I'm not blind to how Harry works, you know," she said. "A bully with charisma and top marks is still a bully." She sighed, annoyed. "He'll probably end up Prime Minister one day. God help us all.

It felt like waiting for something to happen. Which has to be the worst part of being young. So many of your decisions aren't yours; they're made by other people. Sometimes they're made badly by other people. Sometimes they're made by other people who have no idea what the consequences of those decisions might be. The bastards.

I was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.

And what exactly do you think this proves?" he spits. "You've got power, but you don't know what to do with it." VIOLA "Looks like I'm doing fine," I say.

I have two maxims that I believe, dear girl. One, if you can control yourself, you can control others. Two, if you can control information, you can control others.

His mother shakes her head. "Everyone thinks they know what's best. Everyone." And then a voice behind him says, "Sometimes you need to find out that you don't, though.

They want us a bit dumb and a bit afraid. Which for the most part, I think we are.