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Quotes About Authority

Power in society is achieved through control of the purse, pen, and politics.
~ Orrin Woodward
One must always keep the tools of statecraft sharp and ready. Power and fear – sharp and ready.
~ Frank Herbert, Dune
The obstinacy on which power is based is never so fragile as in the moment of its triumph.
~ Italo Calvino
And what does it mean to take care of power? Do you use it? Conserve it? Keep it out of the wrong hands?
~ Rainbow Rowell, Carry On
You want power-either because you've already had a taste of it and want more, or because you've been made to feel powerless for too long.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes, All In
Those who do not know the danger of wielding power will, before long, be ruled by it.
~ Twilight Princess
The power of the Blood of Jesus, the Word of God & the name of Jesus are the believers weapons of defense against the Devil.
~ Pazaria Smith
The only thing that powerful men feared above all else was a loss of that power.
~ Tish Thawer, Raven's Breath
The only thing more compelling than love is power.
~ Claudia Gray, Steadfast
The love of power is either due to low or overly high self-esteem.
~ Sunday Adelaja
The Word of God gives power, authority and abundant life to a man.
~ Sunday Adelaja
Power like no other...
~ Powercare
A stupid is one who thinks that those in power today had clandestine means of getting there, yet wants to get there without thinking of the clandestine route they would be taking.
~ Michael Bassey Johnson
The more power you have, the less you can truly say. That's the irony.
~ Michael Soll, Scorched
Power is the ability to control people or things. So, unless you learn to control your own self first, how would you be able to influence anybody else? Now, doesn't that apply to all of us?
~ Pulkit Patel
Life. All this. Why do they need to make us do this? Why do they treat us like we're their slaves?""Power.""Power isn't real. It's just a word.
~ Pierce Brown, Red Rising
Now and again. Good residency is about having the power to ask someone to do something, but not necessarily exercising it.
~ Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey
We are given a great power, we should capable enough to handle it and use it fair and square.
~ Rhealyn
.......only the powerful were hated, and that was what he was meant to be in this world.Powerful.
~ Cornelia Funke, Inkdeath
power happily walks hand in hand with abuse
~ Dean Cavanagh
Learn to recognize power in others. Become more conscious of your own power. It's there.
~ Brandon Mull, The Rogue Knight
Where everyone wants to be a leader, it makes one a follower to want to be a leader, and a leader to know what to follow.
~ Criss Jami, Healology
To test a man's character, give him power. Once people have power they will always reveal themselves.
~ Zelda la Grange
Power has a social function.
~ Moisés Naím