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Quotes About Authority

I am an officer of the Royal Manticoran Navy, Sir—" Venizelos felt an undeniable rush of adrenaline and pleasure as he faced the burly captain squarely "—and the Royal Manticoran Navy does not 'bluff.
~ David Weber
Say again, over," he announced. "I was saying that I'm going from here on foot," Arkeley told them. "You can follow however you choose but this place was never meant for a military parade." "He's making fun of your truck," Caxton told Captain Suzie.
~ David Wellington
I know the Goliath Fucking Bird-Eating Spider can't fly because if it could, it would have a different name entirely. We would call it "sir" because it would be the dominant species on the planet. None of us would leave the house unless a Goliath Fucking Bird-Eating Spider said it was okay
~ David Wong
SHUT UP. Both of you. You're coming with me." To me he said, "Put some pants on." "Fuck you. This is my house. I make the rules. You take your clothes off . John, get the Twister mat.
~ David Wong
He made the engine growl and told the headlights to fuck the night.
~ David Wong
I stopped at a red light, feeling foolish as always for stopping at an intersection at an hour when the streets are deserted, just because a colored lightbulb told me to. Society has got me so fucking trained. I rubbed my eyes and groaned and felt utterly alone in the world.
~ David Wong
I stopped at a red light, feeling foolish as always for stopping at an intersection at an hour when the streets are deserted, just because a colored lightbulb told me to.
~ David Wong
Cops do this every day, rifling closets and digging through your dildo drawer.
~ David Wong
No matter where you go, management is always a bunch of cheap bastards.
~ David Wong
War is about remaking the world to suit the whims of some powerful group over the whims of some other powerful group. The dead are just the sparks that fly from the metal as they grind it down.
~ David Wong
No, war is never about killing the enemy. War is about remaking the world to suit the whims of some powerful group over the whims of some other powerful group. The dead are just the sparks that fly from the metal as they grind it down.
~ David Wong
John claims that here he told the guards that he could not speak English and when this failed to persuade them, he faked a violent seizure.
~ David Wong
Jesús no comenzó a predicar el reino de los cielos hasta después de haber recibido la plenitud del Espíritu Santo. Solo entonces pudo llevar a cabo su ministerio en tres años y medio con gran poder y autoridad. Al darnos cuenta de esto, ¿cómo nos atrevemos a pensar que nosotros seríamos capaces de realizar la obra de Dios solo con poder y sabiduría humanos?
~ David Yonggi Cho
It is a soldier's right to complain, his only defense against orders not to his liking.
~ Davis Bunn, Janette Oke
The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.
~ Davy Crockett
that she wasn't 'allowed', which
~ Dawn French
but I had to find out if the desire to be a leader was stronger than his habit of being a boss.
~ Dawna Markova
The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.
~ Dean Acheson
Don't Go With The Flow. The Powers That Be Turn The Taps
~ Dean Cavanagh
Uneasy lies the head that wears a Knighthood
~ Dean Cavanagh
The mother tongue of politicians is that of ancient Babylon: a language designed to severely limit discourse within a tower of praise to elitism, a language carried on breath's reeking of the fecal matter from their paymasters
~ Dean Cavanagh
power happily walks hand in hand with abuse
~ Dean Cavanagh
With Great Power Comes Great Psychopathy
~ Dean Cavanagh
Stop outsourcing your morality to governments
~ Dean Cavanagh