Quotes About Authority

I've heard that the regular officers hate him, but the Stormtrooper Corps almost worships him.

In time, we'll tame them and they'll welcome their bondage. Many already do.

Underlings should always be uncomfortable in the presence of their superiors," said the Emperor. "Don't you agree?

It was extraordinary, Ahmed thought, how men distinguished in one field – and he assumed that Pandit Baba Sahib was distinguished – seemed to claim for themselves wisdom in all spheres of human activity; wisdom and the right to make pronouncements which they expected you to listen to and learn from.

White House reporter Sarah McClendon about why he didn't do something about UFO disclosure. Clinton replied, "Sarah, there's a government inside the government and I don't control it.

Paola Harris: Is it a grave mistake to think that you are the official voice of the Vatican? Monsignor Balducci: 'These ideas are mine, and I do not represent the Vatican. However, I am told that the Holy Father, John Paul II, has seen me on Italian TV several times and follows my radio homilies. If there were some objection, I'm sure I would know. I believe there to be no problem here.

February 17, 1950: "We shall have world government whether or not you like it – by conquest or consent.

Did you see these buildings turn to dust or do you 'believe' they collapsed because you were told that they collapsed? Whoever controls the energy controls the people. But whoever controls their perception controls everything.17 – Eric Larsen

Acknowledging that you have the authority to make your own decisions is the first step toward making new choices and changing your life for the better.

I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.

The passion for truth is silenced by answers which have the weight of undisputed authority.

Politics is the art of preventing people from minding their own business.

Cognition reigns but does not rule.

La conscience règne mais ne gouverne pas.

Consciousness reigns but doesn't govern.

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are properly their business.

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.

La politique est l'art d'empcher les gens de se mler de ce qui les regarde. (Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are properly their business.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business.

Ja, we zijn bevrijd van pastoren en hun dwingende moraal, maar nee, we zijn niet vrij, integendeel. Er is een nieuwe moraal met haar eigen hogepriesters, die bovendien meer dwang uitoefenen dan de vorige, omdat ze zich als wetenschappelijk en dus als niet voor discussie vatbaar voordoen. Het enige gebod van die moraal is systematic effectiveness, meteen de mantra van de eerste hogepriester, de manager. De tweede pastoor is de nieuwe psychotherapeut, wiens mantra 'aanpassing' luidt.

Vraag naar het fundament van autoriteit, en je eindigt met de ondermijning ervan.

Anyone who interprets or defines your rights controls your destiny.

The White House alone cannot hold its opponents accountable.