Quotes About Authority

Many of us mistakenly believe a coup d'etat is the only kind of coup possible. But a coup doesn't always require tanks on a lawn and senior ranking military types appearing on your TV and radio declaring that democracy as you knew it, is now over.

Give your teachers the respect they deserve, because they are the ones who can help you get where you need to go.

The punctilious magistrate, presiding in his bivouac of matting, vanished without punctilio.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

From now on it is not up to you to decide whether or not something is true, but whether it is in the interests of the National Socialist Revolution.

Legea e doar o expresie a puterii.

Law will take over because law always carries with it a sense of security and manipulative power.

there is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not cry 'Mine!

The thing you have to understand about Lucifer is that he hardly ever talks, and when he does, it's never much more than a whisper. When half the universe is hanging on to your every word, you don't have to shout.

Words are weapons. They blast big bloody holes in the world. And words are bricks. Say something out loud and it starts turning solid. Say it out loud enough and it becomes a wall you can't get through.

You have to burn beliefs when they become convenient lies solely for the purpose of gaining and holding power.

The Bad Dad thing usually works. Hellions are big on pecking orders and I have to remind them regularly who's at the top. Now they need a pat on the head from Good Dad before things go all Hansel and Gretel and I end up in the oven.

Then don't tell me who to kill and when. It unsettles my tranquil disposition.

The Magistrate hasn't said a word this whole time. He just stands there like a mantis, all insect patience and killer instincts.

don't tell me who to kill and when. It unsettles my tranquil disposition.

The Magistrate and Empress stand arm in arm like the monster-movie American Gothic.

When she leaves I look from Daja to the Magistrate. "I think your pet monkey is getting tired. Why don't you throw it a banana and send it home?

What we know for sure is that rulers did not appreciate having astrologers forecast the time and manner of their demise. As

The very fact that 'the mystical' is seen as irrelevant to issues of social and political authority itself reflects contemporary, secularized notions of and attitudes toward power. The separation of the mystical from the political is itself a political decision!

Adults need to come to understand that the child does not want any of our power. He merely wants some of his own.

There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages.

The priest should treat those whom he rules as a father treats very young children. We are not disturbed by children's insults or blows or tears; nor do we think much of their laughter and approval.

I am only sorry that we were not allowed to shake the judge's hand, and then dance on the desks.

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