Quotes About Authority

The founding fathers never once rationalized getting in power and having control so they could stay in power.

If you were handed power on a plate you'd be left fighting over a plate.

The publicists are the gatekeepers, and they wield a lot of power. They're the ones giving you access to their clients.

You shouldn't overestimate the power of a single judge.

Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light?

There's no way to use power for good.

I don't give Hollywood the power to limit me. Only God can limit me.

In Russia only those who are loyal to the people in power can become wealthy.

When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.

The rule, acknowledged or not, seems to be that if we have great power we must use it. We would use a steam shovel to pick up a dime. We have experts who can prove there is no other way to do it.

What I like about writing is the sense of godlike power it gives you.

Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power.

Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.

To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.

Generally a wise actor will be very careful about the person to whom he gives that power.

What wouldst thou do, old man? Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak When power to flattery bows?

Because the good old rule Sufficeth them,-the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can.

Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

If one is to rule, and to continue ruling, one must be able to dislocate the sense of reality.

Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

The people with ideas have no power and the people with power have no ideas.

Power is not powerful without wisdom.

True power lies not in the spotlight, but in the influential shadows.