Quotes About Authority

Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.

We are a nation of laws, and we should live by the rule of law. And sometimes we should have a little bit of common sense.

There's no one who has more authority over my life than me. And I can learn things myself and how to communicate to other people and how to apply with the rules of life.

The present U.N. must be annihilated by our power. That is the stage for Communists. We must make a new U.N.

I am the man that everyone is compared to in this business.

I have compassion, I've told you people that over and over again. Enforcing the law overrides my compassion.

It's difficult to compete against a player that's also refereeing the game.

It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.

What is competent? Who is it that can adjudicate what is competent or not competent? If the guys that are running the most important banks in our country aren't competent enough, well then, who is competent enough?

What I found out is, I need complete autonomy. I can't have nobody looking over my shoulder saying I can't say this or that.

I can assure you that everything I say and do has the complete approval of the Fuehrer and that I would not say or do anything that does not have his approval.

There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness.

I've nothing against schools! I'm against compulsory schooling.

I was very into the truancy concept.

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

Every woman likes her own way, but no woman can endure to see another woman master even over a man who does not concern her.

There is nothing in the company that is either above or below me, as far as I'm concerned.

To me, in life, if there's, like, a rule, and I think it's ridiculous, then of course I'll circumvent that but also point out how ridiculous the rule is. Other than that, if I go to a concert, and my seat is Row G, Seat 12, I'm sitting in Row G, Seat 12. I don't care if I'm with five other friends, I'm supposed to be in Seat 12, that's my seat.

Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.

I enjoyed harassing tram conductors.

If you're a coach, you've got to have a lot of confidence in what you're doing. Your egos are so large that you know it all anyway if you're a coach.

The conflict is not between the people and the antiwar movement, but between the people and the government.

As government imposes the will of a few upon the many, the many begin to resist. Ultimately, it becomes necessary for the government to use force to make the people conform.

Power frees us from the chains of conformity.