Quotes About Authority

i will not "learn" politics but let politics teach me

Chi non aveva comprensione per la politica, perdeva per ciò stesso il diritto a ogni critica e a ogni protesta

La psicologia della massa non è adatta alle mezze verità. Come la dona, così anche la massa cede al padrone piuttosto che al supplice

Esasen devletin otoritesi bir gaye olamaz. Çünkü devlet otoritesi bir gaye kabul edilirse, istibdad? kutsal saymak gerekir.

Whoever will not be a hammer in history, will be an anvil.

Con orgogliosa meraviglia commisuravo lo sviluppo del Reich al marciume dello Stato: mi indignava che in uno Stato il più idiota dei cittadini ha il diritto alla parola

Ne yaz?k ki, hiçbir zaman "Bu adam ne yapabilir?" diye sorulmaz, "Ne öÄŸrenmiÅŸ, hangi okulu bitirmiÅŸ?" diye sorarlard?.

I am of the opinion that there is nothing which has been produced by the will of man which cannot in its turn be altered by another human will.

Gürtner was very hesitant, so I suggested that he should allow the Gestapo to try their hand, adding that nothing would happen to the fellow, that at the most he would get a good hiding, that had I myself received in one fell swoop all the thrashings I deserved (and had had) in my life, I should be dead !

To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens.

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.

The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it.

The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness.

Brutality creates respect.

Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

I hate it when she quotes Scripture. Who can talk back to the Bible?

He was one of those characters who felt that a weak handshake could somehow damage his authority, which meant that every handshake had to bloody hurt.

And it conferred power. The presentee was placed under an obligation to the presenter, and once she had been presented she magically metamorphosed into a presenter herself, able to pass on the gift to others in some curious apostolic succession.

On a typical day, the King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, didn't leave his bedroom until around noon.

If a pane of glass, or the door of a cupboard in the scullery, requires mending, it cannot now be done without the following process: a requisition is prepared and signed by the chief cook, it is then counter-signed by the clerk of the kitchen, then it is taken to the lord chamberlain's office, where it is authorized, and then laid before the clerk of the works, under the office of woods and forests; and consequently, many a window and cupboard have remained broken for months.

The Communist Party also claims that it is trying to promote political meritocracy: that is, a political system that aims to select and promote leaders on the basis of talents rather than on the basis of how many votes they can muster in an election.

We move but our words stand become responsible for more than we intended and this is verbal privilege

When I try to speak my throat is cut and, it seems, by his hand The sounds I make are prehuman, radical the telephone is always ripped-out and he sleeps on Yet always the tissue grows over, white as silk hardly a blemish maybe a hieroglyph for scream Child, no wonder you never wholly trusted your keepers