Quotes About Authority

Deception is the knowledge of kings.

I am not supposed to be an expert in every field. I am supposed to be an expert in picking experts.

The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.]

Todo el mundo obliga a todo el mundo, y si no el mundo se detendría. Todo permanecería flotando en una vacilación global y continua.

e já levo o Valderas pela trela para onde bem me apeteça, é incrível como o amansei: aqui mijas, aqui paramos, aqui afrouxo a trela para te achares em liberdade, aqui há aguentar, que apressar o passo e, se precisares de cagar, tens de te aguentar.

De la libertad se puede prescindir. De hecho es lo primero de lo que los ciudadanos con miedo están dispuestos a prescindir. Tanto que a menudo exigen perderla, que se la quiten, no volver a verla ni en pintura, nunca más, y así aclaman a quien va a arrebatársela y después votan por él.

a lo largo de la historia no ha habido un solo gobernante ni rey que no haya tenido responsabilidad en muertes

So who does shape the world, then? Who is in a position to do that?

Obsesionado por el conocimiento como medio para conceguir el poder

Obsesionado por el conocimiento como medio para conseguir el poder

Beliefs are choices. No one has authority over your personal beliefs. Your beliefs are in jeopardy only when you don't know what they are.

The authority is God's. Although mediated through various styles, the fundamental authority of God in counseling must be evident in all biblical counseling. Any personality traits that interfere with, rather than mediate the message must be altered. That is why the Lord changed the apostle Peter from a weak, vacillating, fearful disciple to the bold fearless disciple who told the authorities, "We must obey God rather than men" (Acts 5:29).

Most cases of child discipline may be solved by establishing structure that will lead to the reenforcement of the biblical principles established for the home. To do this, the rules of the home need to be set out clearly.

You'll mold the minds of men and women to your will, and make any group yield to the dominion of your voice. Even more important, you'll get them to want to yield, to commit to your plan, and to consider the result a consensus.

Jesus had upset the temporal authorities, and political consequences would surely follow.

Because Allah alone is the lawgiver, there is no place for a legislator; in Islam, human government exists only to enforce Allah's law.14

c'est moi"—"the state is myself

One young man, upon taking the loyalty oath, was upbraided by his patriotic Southern father: "You have disgraced the family!" The son noted that General Lee advised him to do it. "Oh," the father sighed, "that alters the case. Whatever General Lee says is all right.

Oh, this time I was doing the gossiping. You should really dismiss me for disloyalty, not to mention the disrespect I'm showing right now by talking to you like this.

I'm a Guild Boss, remember? I have no sense of humor.

Who the hell do you think you are, Jones? The man they sent to take care of the monsters on Rainshadow, Cyrus said.

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.