Quotes About Authority

Satan loves to name you, because names catch people, control people, and shape people. This world love[s] to name us. We're susceptible to names because [we believe] we're orphaned and widowed--we're so desperate, we believe them. But the one we let name us is our idol...our god our father and groom.

Jesus said, "Whatever you [all] ask in my name, I'll do it for you" (John 14:13). In my name--and who is He? He's the Plot--the Word of the Author, who is the narrator.

Anyone who can control a major television channel can use it to pour out propaganda, but it is only this new generation which does not know how to resist it, provided it uses the right sort of codes, language and symbols. None of these codes, languages or symbols are conservative, or can be used by a conservative, because they are 'subversive' of the imagined 'authority' of a mythical 'establishment', which of course includes the Tories

Only one reliable force stands in the way of the power of the strong over the weak. Only one reliable force forms the foundation of the concept of the rule of law. Only one reliable force restrains the hand of the man of power. And, in an age of power-worship, the Christian religion has become the principal obstacle to the desire of earthly utopians for absolute power.

Proper education is a fundamentally conservative activity, based on the assumption that a body of knowledge exists, is in the hands of the adult and educated, and can be passed on in measurable ways, by disciplined learning reinforced with authority.

Even today, other young people—not all of them Witnesses—face pressures to salute the flag under pain of suspension.

Always consider the qualifications of anyone who assumes or professes authority, what do they really know? Authorities on spirituality can rarely give a half coherent explanation of what they persuade us to believe they know. They achieve authority by stage management and then exploit audience suggestibility. Same old trick they have pulled for thousands of years.

Dieu et mon droit».

Los seres humanos nunca son libres de otras fuerzas que condicionan sus vidas. El problema de la libertad no es la elección entre tener un dueño o no tenerlo; es el problema de quién es ese dueño.

La autoridad de las Escrituras es la autoridad personal del Señor sobre el pueblo al que ha salvado. No es un libro que hable de Dios de la misma manera que el Manual del pescador habla sobre la pesca.

And by that habit of submission, with which we are only too familiar, the thought of the next generation retains this religious twist, which is at once servile and authoritative; for authority and servility walk ever hand in hand.

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.

For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.

So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”

So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.

His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”

May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”