Quotes About Authority

Freedom does not die from frontal attack. It dies because men in power no longer believe in a system based upon liberty.

When you're a young rebellious kid, you think you can beat the system, and when you grow up you realize you can't.

The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.

But that the people are stronger than the government, and will resist in extreme cases, our governments would be little or nothing else than organized systems of plunder and oppression.

The person who seeks power is controlled by power. The person who seeks acceptance is controlled by the people he or she wants to please. We do not control ourselves. We are controlled by the lord of our life.

And many thanks to you, Mrs. Blackwell, for bringing the weaknesses of our cell locks to our attention. She broke out twice," the officer informed Saxon. "We finally had to tie her up.

Whatever controls us is our lord. The person who seeks power is controlled by power. The person who seeks acceptance is controlled by acceptance. We do not control ourselves. We are controlled by the lord of our lives.

If you lived on cabbage, you would not be obliged to flatter the powerful." The young man promptly replied, "If you flattered the powerful, you would not be obliged to live on cabbage.

She's called the secretary, but as far as I can tell she basically runs the school.

It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission.

She's called the secretary, but as far as I can tell she basically runs the school. And she tries to do it without getting out of her desk chair, which has wheels,

I have a call from Wade Trainer on the office public line." "Put him through." The voice of the militia leader came over the speaker. "Is Jack Brandt there?" "Yes," Jack growled. "I guess you're not so smug now." "I never was smug. Get to the point.

If I'm going to coach the players, I want some say on who they're going to be.

When cops are on the job they love lawyers like lions love hyenas, only minus the mutual respect.

You are the leader. You can't do away with tension. You can manage it.

gouverner l esprit des autres, et non faire le salut de son âme, ni rechercher le vrai ou le beau.

The autonomy of the state is so great as to suggest a permanent will wholly independent of the will of individuals who are its current members.

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.

Los profesores, al igual que los padres, por un lado, se ven obligados a defender su autoridad y, por el otro, se ven inducidos a pactar, en una exasperante y confusa negociación, con los alumnos y sus familias y con la burocracia escolar y ministerial

I believe in the magic and authority of words.

I believe in the magic and in the authority of words

When the father is no longer an overbearing patriarch the son looks everywhere for the law - and finds no lawgiver.

The account thus shows once again the omnipotence of mimetic contagion. What motivates Pilate, as he hands Jesus over, is the fear of a riot.

Là où la royauté a pu se maintenir en devenant « constitutionnelle », elle n'est plus que l'ombre d'elle-même et n'a guère qu'une existence nominale et « représentative », comme l'exprime la formule connue d'après laquelle « le roi règne, mais ne gouverne pas », ce n'est véritablement qu'une caricature de l'ancienne royauté.