Quotes About Authority

I can think of no surer way to destroy confidence at our most critical period than by having a leader who wears a mask.

Have heard of armies where boss is not told to shut up – word is 'discipline.' But we were amateurs.

If a captain worries about the safety of his command, those under him need not worry.

government is a dangerous servant and a terrible master. You now have freedom—if you can keep it. But do remember that you can lose this freedom more quickly to yourselves than to any other tyrant.

like fire and fusion, government is a dangerous servant and a terrible master.

The general drops with a small combat staff, plus a small team of the roughest, on-the-bounce troopers in the M.I. Their job is to keep the general from being bothered by rude strangers while he is managing the battle. Sometimes they succeed.

Zeb should command while Jacob handled space-time controls—to each his own. Jacob had asked me to please take orders from Zeb with no back talk … which had miffed me a little.

V armádÄ› jsou jen dvÄ› velikosti - moc velká a moc malá.

Well, we shoot mad dogs, don't we?

A doctorate is a union card to get a tenured job. It does not mean that the holder thereof is wise or learned.

jak se jednou dostanete do sledu velení, musíte být neustále pÃ…â"¢ipraveni pÃ…â"¢ijmout vyÅ¡Å¡í velení. Jste-li v oddíle o jedné ?etÄ› - dost pravdÄ›podobné, v nynÄ›jÅ¡ím stadiu války - a jste pomocníkem velitele ?ety, když to váÅ¡ velitel koupí... pak... vy ... jste... jím!

I started to try to talk sense but was cut off by a giant voice from everywhere: "YOU ARE NOW BEING JUDGED!

Ale mám na mysli pÃ…â"¢ípad, kdy byly smeteny ?tyÃ…â"¢i úrovnÄ› velení v Å¡esti minutách - jako kdyby si velitel ?ety protÃ…â"¢el o?i a zjistil, že velí brigádÄ›. SlyÅ¡eli jste o tom?

before a revolution can take place, the population must lose faith in both the police and the courts.

Distrust the obvious, suspect the traditional . . . for in the past mankind has not done well when saddling itself with governments

When are the territorial states going to learn that they cannot possibly win against corporate states?

Pop says cops and courts no longer protect citizens, so citizens must protect themselves." "I'm afraid he's right." "My husband, I can't evaluate my opinions of right and wrong because I learned them from my parents and haven't lived long enough to have formed opinions in disagreement with theirs." "Deety, your parents did okay.

he had evidently been listening. "Jenkins—" "Uh—sir?" "Don't you know about sergeants?" "Well . . . I'm learning." "They don't have mothers. Just ask any trained private." He blew smoke toward us. "They reproduce by fission . . . like all bacteria.

I told her that no born leader seeks command; the mantle descends on him, he wears the burden because he must.

I have taken lots of orders, some of which I shouldn't have, but I had never yet taken orders from a piece of machinery. "Go climb a rope!" I said. "You'll have to drag me." This is not what to say to a robot. It did.

What do you expect us to do, gospazha? Throw rocks at Warden?" Wyoh smiled. "Yes, we could throw rocks.

A managed democracy is a wonderful thing, Manuel, for the managers . . . and its greatest strength is a 'free press' when 'free' is defined as 'responsible' and the managers define what is 'irresponsible.' Do

I hope you will comply willingly; it will speed the day when I can bow out and life can get back to normal—a new normal, free of the Authority, free of guards, free of troops stationed on us, free of passports and searches and arbitrary arrests.

He even let himself be vaccinated again rather than go back to the I Spy and dig out the piece of paper that showed he had been vaccinated on arrival Earthside a few weeks earlier.