Quotes About Authority

No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.

I'm not part of the history, I am the history.

History is written by the victors.

[The Fuhrer] is one of those lonely men of the ages on whom history is not tested, but who themselves are the makers of history.

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule.

The more laws that governments pass, the less individual freedom there is. Any student of history will tell you that. Totalitarian countries ban pretty much everything.

History, in other words, is just a device to be used by well-paid boobherds to drive the American cattle in bovine content to their pastures or to the abattoir.

Human history began with an act of disobedience and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience.

all history shows that the hand that cradles the rock has ruled the world, not the hand that rocks the cradle!

If there is a single trait in our character that has historically set us apart from other nations, it is our determination to limit the authority of those who rule over us.

The struggle between centralization and decentralization is at the core of American history.

In prison we are their jailers On trial their judges Persecuted their punishers Dead their conquerors

One must overcome history by dogma.

Not only is history written by the winners, it is also made by them.

Summation of Leviathan: "The axiom, fear; the method, logic; the conclusion, despotism."

It is the winners who write history - their way.

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

In past history popularly elected governments have been no better and sometimes far worse than overt tyrannies.

They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

The Pentagon is, admissibly, the most powerful institution in history.

The past has always been the handmaid of authority.

I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power.

The state is and has been in history a source of disorder and chaos, and this problem gets worse the more the state grows.

Pope Paul III was the greatest thief in the history of the church.