Quotes About Authority

The nature of the government's surveillance on me and my family is forensically proven and not subject to legitimate question.

The reason the FISA standard is constitutional is that the government is supposed to use FISA surveillance not for criminal investigations but for counterintelligence probes pursued under the president's authority to conduct foreign policy.

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.

Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.

It's beginning to sound like the American people are the suspects of the federal government. We are not simply subjects. We are now suspects.

Not a lot of people would think that I spent most of my early years totally rebelling against anything I could, getting suspended from school, going on demonstrations.

I was such a messer. I would go to my room and pretend to study, but I'd really just take a nap. I was suspended twice as I was such a brat, but the nuns loved me so I got away with it for as long as I could.

I had good grades in school, but I was always in trouble. I used to get suspended and I'm not very good at being told what to do.

I got suspended from school once, and my dad came to the school and whooped me in front of everyone. I didn't want that to happen again, didn't want to be embarrassed like that. The guys that I ran with, they respected that and respected my dad too.

So you don't speak English, you have no ID, you can't tell where you're from... that's suspicion, it's lower than probable cause. And then we have a right to call immigration and check you out.

Police officers must follow the rules to be able to question if there's reasonable suspicion that someone is carrying that firearm.

I'm always a bit suspicious of the sort of person who argues by saying 'What would Jesus have said?' They usually mean that they are quite sure Jesus would have agreed with them.

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.

The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final form of something. It's so hard as to be intolerable.

If the swamp gets in his way, Trump bulldozes over it.

When Sulla died in the year 676, the oligarchy which he had restored ruled with absolute sway over the Roman state; but, as it had been established by force, it still needed force to maintain its ground against its numerous secret and open foes.

I swear I'm not bossy in any other aspect of my life - it's just on set.

I remember the nuns used to swear quite a lot, so I think maybe it's picking it up from them.

I lived with a 60-year-old chaperone, and drinking, swearing and smoking were absolutely forbidden - even in the house.

I do think a founder has special permission to make sweeping changes across an organization.

The biggest crime in England is to rise above your station. It's fine to be a pop star. 'Oh, it's great, lots of fun, aren't they sweet, these pop stars! But to think you have anything to say about how the world should work? What arrogance!'

A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake. The worst type of these punks is the big politician.

It's all right with me if Roman Polanski is freed by the Swiss authorities who have detained him at the request of the United States - if first I get a chance to bust him one in the mouth.

I want to know where is that committee in Switzerland that sits to decide what is in and what is out. I don't listen to the formula makers. I think maybe I have a selective hearing disorder.