Quotes About Authority

If you're a queen, you're powerless, so I'd probably demote myself and go shopping.

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

Saying no to something is actually much more powerful than saying yes.

It has been said of the world's history hitherto that might makes right. It is for us and for our time to reverse the maxim, and to say that right makes might.

Rome didn't create an Empire by holding meetings - they did it by killing their enemies.

Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.

The only power you have on this planet is the power of your decisions.

Whoever established the high road, and how high it should be, should be fired.

Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness.

The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power.

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who is going to build.

It would be better to have no laws at all, than to have too many.

He who has the gold makes the rules.

We cannot change our rulers, but we can change the way they rule us.

What I say is that 'just' or 'right' means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party.

I am a strong believer in the tyranny, the dictatorship, the absolute authority of the writer.

You are the ruler of a kingdom, and whatever you think and feel becomes the law of your kingdom -- the law within your body.

The customer is not always right.

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.

Be known for pleasing others, especially if you govern them. Ruling other has one advantage: you can do more good than anyone else.

Injustice alone can shake down the pillars of the skies, and restore the reign of Chaos and Night.

Creative leaders inherently know when rules need to be challenged, and they can see when a more flexible approach should be taken.