Quotes About Authority

I believe that President Nixon was right in what he did at Watergate. Lack of respect for authority and things like socialism are turning this into a weak, effeminate country.

We are strong country with weak leadership.

We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right.

The Indian government is weak. The Prime Minister is weak and ineffective.

In many countries, the authority of the state is weak and openly defied by militias and terrorist groups. In others, state forces themselves act with impunity.

Many presidents have battled with Congress over their executive privilege and what it covers, but the idea that the debate is cause for impeachment is remarkably weak.

The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.

Instead of a weak and vacillating Government, a single, purposeful, energetic personality is ruling today.

Weak presidents are neither respected nor electorally rewarded by their publics.

A weak point of mine was maybe little resolve in governing and making decisions.

The king is so subtle with his words that he would confound the apostolic religion itself. He will find the weak points of the pope's character and will trip him up to his destruction.

Don't think our soldiers are weak. Give them a free hand, and no power on the earth can defeat them.

It is a characteristic of potentates that they don't succumb to peaceful retirement. Instead, they hold power in their hoary fists as judgment and grip weaken, destroying any successors except family members.

An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.

Past experience has shown that the Islamists gain space when civilian authority weakens.

I was appointed to Cabinet three times; on no occasion did I pitch for what position I wanted.

Governments usually end not with a bang but with a whimper, as the Conservatives learned in the 1990s. Support and authority erodes over time until there is a final collapse of support and pivotal electoral shift.

A world without law and order is a very scary place.

And everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything, what this person says or how this person think(s), you know.

A lot of people think that they are leaders just because they have been placed in charge of something - and you're not.

Maduro has placed himself above the Constitution, but only the Venezuelan people can be above it.

Girls are really looking to places that have limits and boundaries: where adults are the adults and there are rules, and where they feel safe.

They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.

It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having the authority to put them on the bench without the advice and consent of the Senate.