Quotes About Authority

Let me get this straight," I say. "You're practically ordering me to die. What kind of guidance counselor are you?

The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals would not only load himself with most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted to no council and senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of man who have folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.

When traditional rules reach so far down that they touch a child's lemonade stand, things have probably gotten a bit out of control.

that states have often passed laws against fortune-tellers and prophets of doom.

When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.

Management's never been interested in really doing the job, not at any point in human history. Management's true agenda has always been making things more pleasant for Management. - Lastogne

And I didn't mean to shut her out, but sometimes I did it anyway. I liked having power. Power is its own kind of magic.

Do we still live in a world where being polite keeps order or does it leave you vulnerable?

I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches.

Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think.

What luck for the rulers that men do not think

German are Rulers, not to be Rule.

The Strong Man is Mightiest Alone.

What good fortune for those in power that people do not think.

My generals should be like bull terriers on chains, and they should want war, war, war ... But what happens now? I want to go ahead with my aggressive politics and the generals try to stop me. That's a false situation.

Staatsautorität als Selbstzweck kann es nicht geben, da in diesem Fall jede Tyrannei auf dieser Erde unangreifbar und geheiligt wäre.

What luck for rulers that men do not think.

You cam build only when you have first created the political conditions for it.

When National Socialism has ruled long enough, it will no longer be possible to conceive of a form of life different from ours. In the long run, National Socialism and religion will no longer be able to exist together.

Toplum ancak kuvvetli ÅŸeyler kar??s?nda eÄŸilebilir. Nas?l kad?nlar zay?flara bask? yapt??? halde, kuvvetli olan?n kar??s?nda diz çökerlerse; topluluk da otoriteyi, zay?fa tercih eder.

N?u ngÆ°Æ¡i th?ng ngÆ°Æ¡i không c?n gi?i thích, nhÆ°ng n?u ngÆ°Æ¡i thua ngÆ°Æ¡i cÅ©ng không có quy?n gi?i thích.

As a contrast to this kind of democracy we have the German democracy, which is a true democracy; for here the leader is freely chosen and is obliged to accept full responsibility for all his actions and omissions. The problems to be dealt with are not put to the vote of the majority; but they are decided upon by the individual, and as a guarantee of responsibility for those decisions he pledges all he has in the world and even his life.

Mientras el trato asocial e indigno dado al hombre provoque resistencias, y mientras no se hayan instituido autoridades judiciales encargadas de reparar los daños, siempre él más fuerte vencerá en la lucha. Por

If you will not be a comrade too, it means a broken skull for you".