Quotes About Authority

I still had my own notions. How McMurphy was a giant come out of the sky to save us from the combine that was networking the land with copper wire and crystal

We have weeks, or months, or even years if need be. Keep in mind that Mr. McMurphy is committed. The length of time he spends in this hospital is entirely up to us. Now, if there is nothing else…

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

Access to power must be confined to those who are not in love with it.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

After so many cases of terror attacks related to Islamic militancy remaining unresolved in the last few years, the government has no moral authority to stay in power.

States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.

Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant.

When one reaches absolute power, one loses total contact with reality.

Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

Size is no guarantee of power.

Absolute power can only be supported by error, ignorance and prejudice.

Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.

Power people are generally threatened by authority people.

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.

Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.

The Bolsheviks could not have retained power for two and a half months, let alone two and a half years, without the most rigorous and truly iron discipline in our Party.

I think that there are a few people that are power manipulators that have gotten control of things.

Most power is power to coerce somebody. We don't have the power to coerce anybody.

The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism.

It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability.

The fight for human rights is about speaking truth to power.

Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person.